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By: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Doubleday Children's; Doubleday UK
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780385615501; 9780385613972
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Self-realization; Cooks; Juvenile fiction; Runaway children; Runaway wives
Description: Frequently berated for breaking his hyper-fussy house rules, as well as for her lack of looks, confidence and friends, Beauty lives in uneasy fear whenever Dad's home. Her pretty, sweet mum is equally afraid of him. Eventually, after an unbearable birthday party, amidst fears that Dad's temper is out of control, Mum and Beauty run away. They find themselves in an idyllic seaside resort where their new-found freedom and a moment of culinary inspiration give them a hobby, an income and even a new nickname for Beauty whose dreams all come true -- and she deserves it!