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Kitty loves living at the isolated Hay House with her doting grandparents, but it cannot provide the adventure and excitement that her restless, bohemian mother Marina craves. When a guru sees Marina's future in New York, Kitty is torn from her home and bounced from place to place--first a colorless boarding school, then an American ashram, and finally back to an unfamiliar England. But soon, no god, man, or martini can staunch Marina's hunger for a happiness that proves all too elusive. And Kitty, turning fifteen, must choose: whether to play dangerous games with the grown-ups or put herself first. With this witty and poignant debut novel, Sophie Dahl ably carries on the literary legacy of her grandfather, the beloved children's book author Roald Dahl.
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"A tale that finds magic and shadows alike in a young girl's coming-of-age on both sides of the Atlantic."
--Vogue "Captivating. . . . [Dahl] blurs the line between memoir and fiction with her portrait of an appealing, resilient girl named Kitty." --The New York Times "Utterly charming."
--Los Angeles Times "Funny and moving. . . . Playing with the Grown-ups grows beyond charming child's play to a clear-eyed compassion for the world's limitless store of tragic comedy."
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--Vogue "Captivating. . . . [Dahl] blurs the line between memoir and fiction with her portrait of an appealing, resilient girl named Kitty." --The New York Times "Utterly charming."
--Los Angeles Times "Funny and moving. . . . Playing with the Grown-ups grows beyond charming child's play to a clear-eyed compassion for the world's limitless store of tragic comedy."
--BookPage
Sophie Dahl grew up in England. In 2003 she and the illustrator Anne Morris published a small book, The Man with the Dancing Eyes. Ms. Dahl has written for the The Guardian and Vogue, and is at present a contributing editor at Men's Vogue. She lives in the country in England.
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