Mobile Library
15 January 2015Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Bobby Nusku is an archivist of his mother. He catalogues traces of her life and waits for her to return home.
Bobby thinks that he's been left to face the world alone until he meets lonely single mother Val and her daughter Rosa. They spend a magical summer together, discovering the books in the mobile library where Val works...
Details
15 January 2015256 pages
9781447274742Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Engagingly offbeat . . . the van becomes as much of a vehicle of fantasy as the Little Prince's biplane or James's giant peach - both a sanctuary from the outside world and a store of limitless possibilities . . . quietly profound . . . genuinely compellingGuardian
Whitehouse cleverly illustrates the way in which lives and books intertwineDaily Mail
Powerful, eccentric . . . Whitehouse's writing is energetic and pacey, spiked with startling moments of tenderness and superbly controlled. Don't wait for the inevitable filmThe Times
A beautifully written ode to childhood innocenceMarie Claire
