Toffee

_______________ 'Utterly sublime' - Cecelia Ahern 'Impossible not to read it in a single gulp' - The Times 'Undoubtedly one of the best books of the year' - Irish Times _______________ SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG YA AWARD _______________ I am not who I say I am. Marla isn't who she thinks she is. I am a girl trying to forget. Marla is a woman trying to remember. When Allison runs away from home, she doesn't expect to be taken in by Marla, an elderly woman with dementia, who mistakes her for an old friend called Toffee. Allison is used to hiding who she really is, and trying to be what other people want her to be. And so, Toffee is who she becomes. But as her bond with Marla grows, Allison begins to ask herself: where is home? What is a family? And most importantly, who am I, really? _______________ 'Compelling and beautifully wrought' - The Sunday Times 'A book that changes its reader for the better' - Guardian 'One of our most original writers' - John Boyne _______________ Experience every emotion with the finest verse novelist of our generation... Don't miss Sarah Crossan's other irresistibly page-turning books Moonrise, One, Apple and Rain, and The Weight of Water.

About the Author :
Sarah Crossan has lived in Dublin, London and New York, and now lives in Hertfordshire. She graduated with a degree in Philosophy and Literature before training as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge. The Weight of Water and Apple and Rain were both shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. In 2016, Sarah won the CILIP Carnegie Medal as well as the YA Book Prize, the CBI Book of the Year award and the CLiPPA Poetry Award for her novel, One. Sarah is the current Laureate na nÓg (Ireland's Children's Literature Laureate). sarahcrossan.com @SarahCrossan

Review :
[Sarah Crossan] is the princess of pacing … Crossan always finds humour and humanity in the darkness; it's impossible not to read it in a single gulp A moving and powerful novel from one of our most original writers. Sarah has almost created an entirely new form of writing in her novels that is hers and hers alone and that works wonderfully well It reminded me of Cinder toffee- there are familiar flavours and notes and moments of powerful sweetness, but she complicates them with such power and subtlety, in a way that doesn't alienate the reader. The tang of fire is in there, always, leaving a unique aftertaste. You wouldn't mistake it for any other writer, and you won't soon forget it [I] absolutely loved it. I am completely in awe of Sarah's ability to conjure such vivid characters and create such deeply moving stories with so few words. Tender, painful, full of heart and humanity - it's another masterpiece Sarah puts love and light into difficult places. This beautiful story will haunt you Any reader with a heart will weep buckets A moving account of sibling relationships, poverty and powerlessness Moonrise tells a story of human cost and exposes the injustice and discrimination that so often lies at the heart of the death penalty. Readers can't help but reflect on deep values of truth, freedom, equality and justice. A gripping, powerful and exceptionally moving story Truly remarkable Imagined with empathy, it will shake up preconceptions and move readers to tears Pacy and involving, it is written in blank verse and concerns the revelatory relationship between a troubled girl and an elderly woman with dementia Our current Laureate na nÓg, Sarah Crossan, packs a devastating emotional punch with Toffee, a novel told through free verse about a girl running away from an abusive home This verse novel is written from the heart and every word rings true. Currently Ireland's Laureate na nÓg, Crossan deserves a wide readership. A stunning story of friendship and trust.