Abigail Tarttelin

My name is Flick and these are my images of my disconnected life, my forgettable weeks and unforgettable weekends. I am one of the disaffected youth.Stranded in his home town by a lack of education, cash and anything better to do, Will Flicker, a.k.a. Flick, muses on whether Pepsi is better than Coke, the Art of the Right Amount of Stoned and why Rainbow, the new girl in town, is just so much hotter than the losers and users he counts as friends.But when a dangerous figure from the past threatens his future with Rainbow, Flick finds himself torn between the ties that bind him to his old life and the freedom that she represents.

El chico de oro, de Abigail Tarttelin, es un libro en el que la autora expone, de manera tan rotunda como delicada, nuestra manera de concebir lo masculino y lo femenino, la política, la familia, la educacion y el sexo en la era Facebook y en una sociedad guiada tanto por los medios de comunicacion como por los tabues. Un libro con un fuerta componente comercial , de la mano de la mejor calidad narrativa. Abigail Tarttelin es editora de libros de la revista de moda Phoenix, blogera en el Huffington Post y actriz en Inglaterra y Francia. Asimismo, es presidenta del festival Rider Taxi. Con veintitres años publico Flick. Con El chico de oro, Abigail Tarttelin se ha convertido en una de las nuevas voces de la narrativa en lengua inglesa mas interesantes del panorama literario actual. Valentia y juventud en estado puro. Referentes: Tenemos que hablar de Kevin de Lionel Shriver, Middlesex de Jeffrey Eugenides, El guardian entre el centeno de J. D. Salinger, La piel que habito de Pedro Almodovar, En una sola persona de John Irving.Esta novela, clasificada en la materia de narrativa extranjera, nos cuenta que Max Walker es un chico de oro. Bronceado, rubio, atractivo y atletico, es el hijo perfecto, el deportista perfecto y un partido perfecto para las chicas de su escuela. Tambien es el modelo a seguir para su hermano pequeño. Su aparentemente modelica familia ocupa una posicion mas que envidiable: su padre es candidato a las elecciones al Parlamento y, entretanto, Max se enamora por primera vez. Sin embargo, todos ellos estan a punto de convertirse en el punto de mira de los medios de comunicacion, que pronto los cercaran en un intento de averiguar aquello que siempre han ocultado. Max Walker tiene una vida perfecta Max Walker tiene un secreto y alguien se ha enterado.

t's 1999 and Thera Wilde is NOT a victim . . . From the award-winning author of Golden Boy, Dead Girls tells a story of Girl Power, murder and revenge.'Tarttelin is a natural storyteller' Matt HaigA quiet community is shocked by the murder of an eleven-year-old girl. As police swarm the village, fear compels parents to keep their children indoors. Unbeknown to her Mum and Dad, though, one girl roams free.That girl is Thera Wilde.Thera was the murdered girls best friend. Together they were unstoppable and, even alone, Thera is not afraid: its 1999. Girls can do anything.And Thera reckons she can find the killer before the police do.'Sometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling' Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, on Golden Boy

MAX WALKER - BLUE-EYED BOY OR GIRL NEXT DOOR?Terrific. A poignant, brave and important book. - S J WATSONA gripping read. Tarttelin is a natural storyteller MATT HAIGTarttelin broaches the topic of intersexuality bravely, describes the crimes committed against Max intensely, and evokes his ensuing emotions poignantly. A highly praised new author WE LOVE THIS BOOKTo the outside world, Max Walker is a golden boy: a loving son and brother, the perfect student, captain of the football team and every girls dream boyfriend. But Max was born intersex - neither fully boy nor fully girl. Now something terrible has happened to him, the consequences of which have left him questioning his gender identity. Can the people around him - his girlfriend, his classmates, his ambitious parents - accept him for who he is? Or will Maxs secret tear his world apart?

Abigail Tarttelin is a fearless writer. Emily St. John Mandel From the award-winning author of Golden Boy, a riveting novel that traces one girls journey to understand what happened to her best friend, and what it might mean to be a girl. Eastcastle, England in the late 1990s is a peaceful, rural community where children disappear into wheat fields to play until nightfall. There are no mobile phones and no cause to worry. For families, its a place that allows the ultimate freedom, and this is the way eleven-year-old Thera Wilde and her friends are brought up: free. So when Theras best friend goes missing, Thera assumes Billie is off on another adventure. Then detectives come to question Thera at school, and she realises the worst has happened. Thera starts to ask, what is a pervert? Why are girls particularly at risk? And why do the men around her think shes theirs to touch? Questions the adults around her dont want to answer. Meanwhile, Billie has entered the realm of the dead girls; the girls that go missing and who no one finds. Does Thera really see her ghost, or is she hallucinating, mentally marked by the horror of losing her friend? The investigation continues. The rural police are slow, and overwhelmed by the unexpected nature of the case. Urged on by what she believes to be Billies ghost, Thera decides to find out what happened to her friend. Its the 90s. Girls can do anything. Thera will hunt down the killer herself. An authentic, tender portrayal of a young girls grief and determination in the face of unbearable loss, as well as a smart, suspenseful exploration of how we talk to young girls about the men who would hurt them. Dead Girls is Tarttelins riveting, fiercely feminist follow up to critically-acclaimed LAMBDA Finalist and ALEX Award winner, Golden Boy.

Immerse yourself in the tension of 1999 that sweeps across Abigail Tarttelins Dead Girls. A gripping tale of friendship, audacity, and a murder that shatters a tranquil village.A quiet community is shocked by the murder of an eleven-year-old girl. As police swarm the village, fear compels parents to keep their children indoors. Unbeknown to her Mum and Dad, though, one girl roams free.Thera Wilde was the girls best friend. Now alone she is determined to find the killer who murdered her friend. Slipping under her parents radar she embarks on a fearless quest for justice.Sometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, on Golden Boy