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Carregando... The Story of Tom Brennan (2005)de J. C. Burke
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.   ) Jillikans5 | May 30, 2009 |  In a small community the waves that reverberate from a fatal crash caused by one of their own seem to go on forever. What of the family of the drunken driver? In this story they find that leaving town is the only way out. Even then each must come to terms in their own way. This is a powerfully told story with all the more impact because any one of us might one day be in the situation that faces the Brennans. You can’t go back and as Tom finds, you can’t just forget. The only way is forward. The relationship between Tom and his brother Daniel is very important in Burke’s book. Their cousin, Fin, was also like a brother to them, and their mother’s brother was close to Daniel and helped Tom come to terms with circumstances. 2006 Winner CBCA Award - Older readers ( ) mthomson | Apr 16, 2008 | It’s about Tom Brennan whose family have to leave their home town after Tom’s older brother ends up in jail for killing two of his friends and severely injuring his cousin in a car accident due to drink-driving. It’s a story about being young, popular, football-famous and then losing it all because of anger and egotism. It’s also about coming to terms with it all. Tom thinks he’ll never be able to enjoy life again, but gradually he comes to the surface again and makes friends in a new town. (  ) tsheko | Sep 8, 2007 |  ) nicsreads | Mar 26, 2007 | sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
For 17-year-old Tom, life is about rugby, his mates and his family, who are well respected in their small country town. But a night of celebration changes his life forever. Tom's older brother, Daniel, starts a fight at the 'sudden death' pre-final party - then, worse, Daniel is involved in a car accident on the way home. Their cousin, Fin, suffers irreversible spinal injuries and the two other passengers are killed. Tom's world explodes as Daniel is sent to jail and the Brennans are forced to leave town. While Tom and his sister, Kylie, adjust to life at a new school, their mother takes to her bed and their father tries to balance the pain of his family with the debt of his paralysed nephew. The past is never far away. Tom is a survivor, but he needs a ticket out of the past just as much as Daniel. He will find it in many forms. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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