Her other novels, Just in Case (winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal), The Bride's Farewell and What I Was which was described by The Times as 'Samuel Beckett on ecstasy', are also available from Puffin. This story features love, war and survival. 'An unforgettable adventure' - Sunday Timesīestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novel How I Live Now (winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize). How I Live Now is a bestselling young adult novel written by Meg Rosoff and published in 2004 in the United Kingdom. you will want to read everything that Rosoff is capable of writing' - Observer I put it down with tears on my face' - Julie Myerson, Guardian There her world will be turned upside down and a perfect summer will explode into a million bewildering pieces. Every war has turning points and every person too. There she'll discover what real love is: something violent, mysterious and wonderful. Her mother died giving birth to her, and now her dad has sent her away for the summer, to live in the English countryside with cousins she's never even met.

How I Live Now has been adapted for the big screen by Kevin Macdonald, starring Saoirse Ronan as Daisy and releases in 2013.įifteen-year-old Daisy thinks she knows all about love. How I Live Now is the powerful and engaging story of Daisy, the precocious New Yorker and her English cousin Edmond, torn apart as war breaks out in London, from the multi award-winning Meg Rosoff. How I Live Now is an original and poignant book by Meg Rosoff

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