And Now You Can Go
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A sharply humorous and fast paced first novel about the effects - some predictable, some widly unexpected - that an encounter at gunpoint have on a previously assured young woman. The gun is pointed at 21-year-old Ellis as she walks through a New York park. Although she excapes unharmed and without being robbed, she is left psychologically reeling. Over the next weeks Ellis keeps everyone at bay- the police, suitors who want to save her , and the university therapist who hints that her sweaters are too tight. But when Ellis accompanies her mother, a nurse, on a mission in the Philippines she finds that life - even if held up - cannot be held back, and neither, finally, can she.
Author: Vendela Vida
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
Published: 2003, Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
A sharply humorous and fast paced first novel about the effects - some predictable, some widly unexpected - that an encounter at gunpoint have on a previously assured young woman. The gun is pointed at 21-year-old Ellis as she walks through a New York park. Although she excapes unharmed and without being robbed, she is left psychologically reeling. Over the next weeks Ellis keeps everyone at bay- the police, suitors who want to save her , and the university therapist who hints that her sweaters are too tight. But when Ellis accompanies her mother, a nurse, on a mission in the Philippines she finds that life - even if held up - cannot be held back, and neither, finally, can she.
And Now You Can Go