Author:Phil Earle
Saving Daisy is the second critically novel by Phil Earle
***HEROIC, Phil Earle's hugely anticipated third novel is out on 24 April 2013***
Daisy's mum is gone. Her dad refuses to talk about it. As far as Daisy's concerned, it's all her fault. As her life starts to spiral out of control, panic leads to tragedy and Daisy's left alone.
But sometimes the kindness of a stranger can turn things around. A stranger who desperately wants to save Daisy - if she'll only let herself be saved . . .
A powerful and moving story linked to Phil Earle's critically acclaimed debut book, Being Billy.
Praise for Being Billy:
'A wonderful book' - Morris Gleitzman
'Phil Earle writes starkly but sensitively in this brilliant page-turning novel. It moved me to tears' - Jacqueline Wilson
'This may be the most authoritative, honest and moving account of children trapped in the care system to date' - Keith Gray, Scotsman
'life-affirming, redemptive, and really just rather good' - Marcus Sedgwick, Guardian
'Moving and powerful, I loved it' - Sophie McKenzie
'Being Billy was a total page-turner - authentic and gritty. Billy's voice doesn't falter . . . spiky, brave and compassionate - Jenny Downham
A brilliant exploration of choice and consequence
—— Mail on SundayEnthralling... readers will plunge happily into the kind of family story for which Margaret Foster is celebrated and which she executes so well
—— Anita Brooker , SpectatorAn unfailingly intelligent novel, full of lucid observation of a phenomenon, mother-love, too often seen through a gilded haze of false feeling and wishful thinking... Forster is a fine storyteller
—— Sunday TimesIntricate, romantic and full of suspense
—— ObserverAn excellently funny, moving novel... a text for our times
—— Auberon Waugh , IndependentA novel which offers a real slice of contemporary UK life. Litten might just be this city's Roddy Doyle... upplies both laughs and touching moments in equal measure
—— Nick Quantrill , Hull Daily Mail