After Iris: COSTA AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
By (Author) Natasha Farrant
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
21st October 2015
6th July 2023
Main - Re-issue
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
266g
It's hard being the normal one in such a crazy family.Bluebell's life is chaotic: Mum and Dad are always away, the new babysitter has no idea what he's doing, and the whole family is trying to get used to life without Iris.There are tears and tantrums. Pregnant pets and broken windows. Boys next door and friends turned enemies. But there is also laughter and most importantly, there is love - and that's what being a family is all about.
Natasha Farrant has worked in children's publishing for almost twenty years, running her own literary scouting agency for the past ten. She is the author of the Carnegie long-listed and Branford Boase shortlisted YA historical novel The Things We Did For Love, as well as two successful adult novels. She grew up in London where she still lives with her husband, their two daughters and a large tortoiseshell cat. She is the eldest of four siblings and has never dyed her hair pink.