num_pages: 158
description: Born into a world without welcome, Isobel observes it as warily as an alien trying to pass for a native. Her collection of imaginary friends includes the Virgin Mary and Sherlock Holmes. Later she meets Byron, W. H. Auden and T. S. Eliot. Isobel is not as much at ease with the flesh-and-blood people she meets, and least of all with herself, until a lucky encounter and a little detective work reveal her identity and her true situation in life.I for Isobel, a modern-day Australian classic, was followed by Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop, winner of the Age Book of the Year Award.
language: English
title: I for Isobel
titlecomplete: I for Isobel
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Australia, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, 20th Century
ratings_count: 768
places: Australia
publisher: Penguin Books