- Title:
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Looking for Alibrandi (MP3)
- Written by:
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Melina Marchetta
- Read by:
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Marcella Russo
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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7 hours 40 minutes
- MP3 size:
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334 MB
- Published:
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September 01 2007
- Available Date:
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September 01 2007
- Age Category:
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Young Adult (15+)
- ISBN:
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9781742011202
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Young Adult Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Bestseller
International bestseller
Four Starred Review on Amazon
Winner Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year / Older Readers 1993
Shortlisted NSW Premier's Literary Awards 1993
Winner Bilby Award / Older Readers 2000
"A novel to rejoice in, a story from the heart."
Australian Bookseller & Publisher
Sometimes you need to face up to who you are in order to set yourself free.
Josephine Alibrandi is seventeen, and in her final year of school. Dealing with her mum and the ways of her Nonna are daunting enough as she prepares for her exams. But Josie is about to discover real life gets in the way of her carefully made plans. She suddenly has to deal with having her father around for the first time in her life, falling in love and uncovering her family's secret background. Despite all the turmoil, this is the year Josie discovers that emancipation doesn't mean escaping from your past.
"The search for self in adolescence is torturous, comical, clumsy and universal. Australian teen Josephine Alibrandi's pursuit is no exception. She's a brilliant, insightful, under-privileged 17-year-old minority student in a wealthy Catholic high school who also has the significant disadvantage of being illegitimate. Marcella Russo performs Josie's sassy first-person narrative with such dexterity and ease that her character blossoms before us. The listener becomes her closest confidante as she whispers her secrets, groans in despair, crows in triumph, cries in grief, all with enormous authenticity. Of extraordinary note is Russo's adept reading of Josie's Italian Nonna, with her thick accent, sharp edges, deeply held secrets and great passion for Josie."
AudioFile Magazine
"This is such a great book!! It's a must read."
Amazon