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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

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by Matthew Quick
Paperback
Publication Date: 13/08/2013
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A powerful and important book for fans of Mark Haddon, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and Jay Asher. How would you spend your birthday if you knew it would be your last? Eighteen-year-old Leonard Peacock knows exactly what he'll do. He'll say goodbye. Not to his mum - who he calls Linda because it annoys her - who's moved out and left him to fend for himself. Nor to his former best friend, whose torments have driven him to consider committing the unthinkable. But to his four friends: a Humphrey-Bogart-obsessed neighbour, a teenage violin virtuoso, a pastor's daughter and a teacher. Most of the time, Leonard believes he's weird and sad but these friends have made him think that maybe he's not. He wants to thank them, and say goodbye. In this riveting and heart-breaking book, acclaimed author Matthew Quick introduces Leonard Peacock, a hero as warm and endearing as he is troubled. And he shows how just a glimmer of hope can make the world of difference.
ISBN:
9781472208187
9781472208187
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
13-08-2013
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
217x137x21mm
Weight:
0.31kg
Matthew Quick

Matthew Quick (aka Q) is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Oscar-winning film. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention, among other accolades. Q lives with his wife, novelist/pianist Alicia Bessette.

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For those fans of Perks of Being a Wallflower, Silver Linings Playbook and Fault in our Stars, this is actually a darker look at society than we would usually recommend but one that leaves you indelibly changed. Leonard Peacock is a lonely and unloved character through circumstance and abandonment who starts the day with plans for a school shooting and thats all were going to say. This is from the author of Silver Linings Playbook and is written in a similar style. For those fans of Young Adult fiction this is definitely one for you.

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I’ve long been a fan of Matthew Quick’s novel and was really excited for his new YA book, Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock but I think it needs to be mentioned that a lot of the themes in this book should be for 16+ audience. It is confronting, truly heart-breaking but brilliant.
It follows Leonard Peacock – who has decided on his 18th birthday that he is had enough of this life. But before he leaves this world, he gives the few special people in his life gifts to remember him by.
It is impossible not to be extremely moved by this book, Quick captures the mindset of Leonard, a lonely and hurting teenage boy perfectly. The depth he creates in the secondary characters is imperative to the success of this story of abandonment. A truly important book written in a similar style to ‘Silver Linings Playbook’.

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Leonard is one of those sharp kids who sees everything but lives mostly in his own head. He needs someone to believe in him and something to believe in. Mostly he just needs someone to listen...

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