Meg Rosoff
What I Was: A Novel
Paperback
(Plume Dec. 30, 2008)
, Reprint edition
Finn was a beautiful orphan. H was a prep school misfit. On a September afternoon many years ago they met on a beach on the coast of England, near the ancient fishermans hut Finn was squatting in with his woodstove, a case of books, a striped blanket and a cat. H insinuates his way into Finns lifehis blazing wood fires and fishing expeditions. Their friendship deepens, offering H the freedom and human connection that has always eluded him. But all too soon the idyll of their relationship is shaken by a heart-wrenching scandal.
What I Was is the unforgettable story of H at the end of his life looking back on this friendship, which has shaped and obsessed him for nearly a century.
- ISBN
- 0452290236 /
- Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 5.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.1 x 0.5
in.