Using a pillow book as her form, nineteen-year-old Cordelia Kenn sets out to write out her life for her unborn daughter. What emerges is a portrait of an extraordinary girl, who writes frankly of love, sex, poetry, nature, faith, and of herself in the world. Her thoughts range widely: on Shakespeare and breasts, periods and piano playing, friendship and trees, consciousness and sleep, and much more besides. As she writes of William Blacklin, the boy she chooses as her first lover, or Julie, the teacher who encourages her spiritual life, Cordelia maddens, fascinates, and ultimately seduces the reader. This is a character never to be forgotten from a writer at the height of his powers.
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Hardback Editions
October 2006 : Hardback
| Title: This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn Author(s): Aidan Chambers ISBN: 0-8109-7060-0 / 978-0-8109-7060-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Amulet Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2005 : Hardback
| Title: This is All Author(s): Aidan Chambers ISBN: 0-370-32684-9 / 978-0-370-32684-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
May 2008 : Paperback
| Title: This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn Author(s): Aidan Chambers ISBN: 0-8109-9550-6 / 978-0-8109-9550-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Amulet Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2007 : Paperback
| Title: This is All Author(s): Aidan Chambers ISBN: 0-09-941776-6 / 978-0-09-941776-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Red Fox Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2005 : Paperback
| Title: This is All Author(s): Aidan Chambers Publisher: Bodley Head Availability: Amazon More details... |
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