Mouthing the Words

Download or read book Mouthing the Words written by Camilla Gibb and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thelma is six years old. Life at home is unsettling and disturbing; her father’s games are not enjoyable and her mother dotes on Willy, the favoured child. When her parents move to Canada, Thelma smuggles her imaginary friends with her in her suitcase. By turns harrowing and wonderfully funny, Mouthing the Words tells Thelma’s story of sexual abuse, anorexia, borderline multiple personality disorder and her return to England. Reminiscent of Jeanette Winterson and Sylvia Plath, Mouthing the Words is a remarkable and inspiring fiction debut