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Dear Prudence

by Jo Hardy

115 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-0387; ISBN 1-4120-8631-0; US$13.48, C$15.50, EUR11.07, £7.75

When Prudence finds herself at the centre of family tragedy, she isn't quite thirteen. Suddenly cut adrift from everything she knows, she has to search for a way to survive.

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Prudence Jennison, known to friends and family as Pru, has her life planned out. She plans to be famous and happy and has no doubt that it is only a matter of time before her outlandish dreams come true. Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, and close to Christmas, Pru returns home from a shopping trip to face a horror she could have never anticipated. She is still reeling from this first shock when her thoughts turn to her own guilt and she has to fight off the demons which are telling her she is responsible. Pru's happy childhood and her parents' devotion to their only child have not prepared her for the demands placed on her after the tragedy. Only her belief in her memories and the "letters" from her mother make it possible for her to carry on through the roller-coaster ride which is her recovery. As a young adult she can, at last, see things more clearly and begins to realise that she can find forgiveness for those who hurt her most, and eventually for herself. This novel provides glimpses of the strengths and weaknesses of the human spirit. Often amusing and nostalgic, Pru's warm childhood memories provide a convincing backdrop for this story of loss and survival.

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About the Author

Jo Hardy is a teacher of English and Drama at a Derbyshire Secondary School. She is a keen reader and a writer of plays, articles and letters. Her interests are theatre, dance and travel; she has visited Egypt, India, Scandinavia and many areas of America and Canada. Some of the influences of her several Egypt tours can be found in this novel. She has been planning the novel "Dear Prudence" for some years but found that the plan changed radically during the actual writing process.

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