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description: Ten-year-old Jamie hasn't cried since it happened. He knows he should haveJasmine cried Mum cried Dad still cries. Roger didn't but then he is just a cat and didn't know Rose that well really.Everyone kept saying it would get better with time but that's just one of those lies that grown-ups tell in awkward situations. Five years on it's worse than ever: Dad drinks Mum's gone and Jamie's left with questions that he must answer for himself.This is his story an unflinchingly real yet heart-warming account of a young boy's struggle to make sense of the loss that tore his family apart.
language: English
title: My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
publisher: Orion Publishing Group