Poking Seaweed with a Stick and Running Away from the Smell
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Alison Whitelock dreamed of shooting her father with a sawn-off shotgun. Her brother planned to use the longest knife in the cutlery drawer, and her mother tried to poison him with out-of-date tranquillisers. This wee book is a bittersweet account of growing up in Scotland in the strange and brutal kingdom we call home. But Poking Seaweed with a Stick and Running Away from the Smell is anything but a tale of childhood suffering; it is an enchanted Scottish tale that will have you smiling through your tears and laughing till you cry.
Author: Alison Whitelock
Format: Paperback, 240 pages, 135mm x 210mm, 290 g
Published: 2008, Wakefield Press, Australia
Genre: Autobiography: General
Description
Alison Whitelock dreamed of shooting her father with a sawn-off shotgun. Her brother planned to use the longest knife in the cutlery drawer, and her mother tried to poison him with out-of-date tranquillisers. This wee book is a bittersweet account of growing up in Scotland in the strange and brutal kingdom we call home. But Poking Seaweed with a Stick and Running Away from the Smell is anything but a tale of childhood suffering; it is an enchanted Scottish tale that will have you smiling through your tears and laughing till you cry.
Poking Seaweed with a Stick and Running Away from the Smell