Playing With the Grown-ups

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Kitty loves living at the isolated Hay House with her doting grandparents, but it cannot provide the adventure and excitement that her restless, bohemian mother Marina craves. When a guru sees Marina's future in New York, Kitty is torn from her home and bounced from place to place--first a colorless boarding school, then an American ashram, and finally back to an unfamiliar England. But soon, no god, man, or martini can staunch Marina's hunger for a happiness that proves all too elusive. And Kitty, turning fifteen, must choose: whether to play dangerous games with the grown-ups or put herself first. With this witty and poignant debut novel, Sophie Dahl ably carries on the literary legacy of her grandfather, the beloved children's book author Roald Dahl.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Description

For Kitty, growing up at Hay House amongst bluebell woods and doting relations is heaven. But for her mother, the restless Marina, a bohemian beauty who paints and weeps with alacrity, this comfortable domesticity cannot provide the novelty and excitement she craves.

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Other Editions

• Playing With the Grown-ups: A NovelHardcoverNan A. Talese2008-04-08
• Playing with the Grown-upsHardcoverBloomsbury Publishing Ltd..2007-10-04
• Playing with the Grown-upseBookKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group2008-01-01
• Playing with the Grown-UpsBloomsbury Publishing Plc2009-01-01