Closed Doors

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This is a powerful tale of love the loss of innocence & the importance of family in difficult times by the acclaimed author of The Death of Bees winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize 2013. ' There are no strangers in Rothesay Michael. Everyone knows who you are & always will. It's a blessing but it's also a curse.' Eleven-year-old Michael Murray is the best at two things: keepy-uppies & keeping secrets. His family think he's too young to hear grown-up stuff but he listens at doors; it's the only way to find out anything. & Michael's heard a secret one that might explain the bruises on his mother's face. When the whispers at home & on the street become too loud to ignore Michael begins to wonder if there is an even bigger secret he doesn't know about. Scared of what might happen if anyone finds out & desperate for life to return to normal Michael sets out to piece together the truth. But he also has to prepare for the upcoming talent show keep an eye out for Dirty Alice his arch-nemesis from down the street & avoid eating Granny's watery stew. Closed Doors is the startling new novel from the acclaimed author of The Death of Bees. It is a vivid evocation of the fears & freedoms of childhood in the 1980s & a powerful tale of love the loss of innocence & the importance of family in difficult times.