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Dear nobody

Dear nobody

by Berlie Doherty

FictionUnmarried mothersPregnancyMothers and sonsJuvenile fiction
5.0
Open Library
Open Library

About this book

The moving and very real story of two teenagers and an unplanned pregnancy. It is told from two viewpoints - that of Helen as she writes her thoughts in a series of letters to the unborn baby, the Dear Nobody of the title, and of Chris as he reads the letters and relives events as Helen is in labour.

Themes & subjects

FictionUnmarried mothersPregnancyMothers and sonsJuvenile fictionParent and child

About the author

Berlie Doherty

1943

Berlie Doherty is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for children's books, for which she has twice won the Carnegie Medal. She has also written novels for adults, plays for theatre and radio, television series and libretti for children's opera.

Author

Berlie Doherty

Pages

185

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

19

Languages

English, Spanish, French

Publisher

Orchard Books

ISBN

9788434847705

Where to buy

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