LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Minny has a pretty complicated home life: she lives with her mum, big sister Aisling, Bible-obsessed little sister Selena and baby brother Raymond in her Czech granny’s house, which is now sometimes shared – to her and her sisters’ consternation – with her granny’s new boyfriend. Mum relies on Minny to help both with baby Raymond and Aisling, who is autistic. None of this is easy, and when her father suddenly reappears after five years of near silence with a new, pregnant partner, it all gets too much. This warm, convincing portrait of a family facing all sorts of difficulties is almost a contemporary version of Little Women. Readers will sympathise hugely with Minny and Walsh does an excellent job in describing the kind of love that holds families together, no matter what. ~ Andrea Reece
Andrea Reece
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Too Close to Home Synopsis
Meet Minny: her life is a complicated whirlwind of unbearable PE lessons, annoying friends and impossible-to-live-with siblings. Minny is desperate for some space in a house spilling over with family and hangers-on. She has to contend with her autistic sister Aisling's school bullies, whilst trying to keep her self-absorbed BFF Penny happy, and look normal in front of new boy Franklin. And on top of this, now Dad has announced that he's returning to London - with his new girlfriend.
Secrets, lies and home truths will out, frying pans will be burnt, and arguments will flare up in a story full of humour, honesty and minor household emergencies.
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9781783443000 |
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3rd April 2025 |
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Aoife Walsh |
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Andersen Press Ltd |
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Paperback |
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356 pages |
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Press Reviews
Aoife Walsh Press Reviews
'A beautifully written, heartfelt family drama that spotlights autistic sisterhood.' - Lizzie Huxley-Jones
'Like eating a big authorial cake and finding it full of Streatfeild and McKay and Smith. It's rich, vivid and rather timeless' - Daisy May Johnson
'Dialogue-driven family drama written in an engaging, authentic voice. Tons of insight and good humour' - Scotsman
'Wonderfully authentic family drama, funny and complicated as real life relationships are. It has a classic feel to it' - Scottish Book Trust
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About Aoife Walsh
Aoife Walsh lives in Oxford with her stimulatingly neurodiverse family. She is very keen on reading and her cat, blogs about country music and enjoys playing the banjo - her influences include Doc Watson, Uncle Dave Macon and Gemma Bow
She quite likes cooking, and quizzes when she knows the answers, and excellent American television. And cakes and fine wines. Read a note from the author here.
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