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Ambrosia for Afters

Kalpana Swaminathan

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Description:A dark and affecting tale about the turbulence of growing up, the many worlds we inhabit and the secret lives we live.Fifteen-year-old Tenral leads two lives. There is the one she leads with her family and her friends at school - a skin-of-milk life, easy and forgiving, like 5 o'clock sunshine. Into her other, difficult life, move her English teacher, Mrs Alfie, and her dead lover. Tenral recreates their romance, taking her clues from Mrs Alfies dramatic rendering of poetry, and tries to reconcile the past with the present through her own fairytales.Even as her friends look on, disapproving of her flights of fancy, Tenral's complex imaginary world widens to include the dour Maths teacher, Mr Tilak, and Mrs Alfies mad mother who spills the secret about Mrs Alfies navy blue baby...Events hurtle towards a frightening climax as Mrs Alfie emerges from Tenrals world of make-believe to reveal the truth. Tenral can reject this truth, and escape into her world of fantasy. Or she can embrace real life with its hardships and disappointments, in the hope that in the end it is all worthwhile, for there is always ambrosia for afters.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ambrosia for Afters. To get started finding Ambrosia for Afters, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2003

ISBN: 0143028790

Description: A dark and affecting tale about the turbulence of growing up, the many worlds we inhabit and the secret lives we live.Fifteen-year-old Tenral leads two lives. There is the one she leads with her family and her friends at school - a skin-of-milk life, easy and forgiving, like 5 o'clock sunshine. Into her other, difficult life, move her English teacher, Mrs Alfie, and her dead lover. Tenral recreates their romance, taking her clues from Mrs Alfies dramatic rendering of poetry, and tries to reconcile the past with the present through her own fairytales.Even as her friends look on, disapproving of her flights of fancy, Tenral's complex imaginary world widens to include the dour Maths teacher, Mr Tilak, and Mrs Alfies mad mother who spills the secret about Mrs Alfies navy blue baby...Events hurtle towards a frightening climax as Mrs Alfie emerges from Tenrals world of make-believe to reveal the truth. Tenral can reject this truth, and escape into her world of fantasy. Or she can embrace real life with its hardships and disappointments, in the hope that in the end it is all worthwhile, for there is always ambrosia for afters.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ambrosia for Afters. To get started finding Ambrosia for Afters, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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