Smashed tells the story of three teenage friends, and how their friendship, loyalties and values are thrown into confusion when the main character's younger sister is raped. His reaction sets in motion a ripple effect, which culminates in a violent act of revenge upon the rapist.Has our hero done...
— VINCENT TO ANTHON VAN RAPPARD, NUENEN, MARCH 1884I’M WOKEN AT SEVEN when the family starts their day. Helen chatters as she dresses for school but when she bounces off downstairs I doze a little longer. It’s procrastination as much as tiredness. Half of me’s relieved I’ll finally get to see Van...
So far from Ruth's welcome ceremony, she could only imagine Ruth's humiliation as the afternoon dragged on. She tried to distract herself by focusing on the stocktake, but helplessness enveloped her. Around her the bones of the ship creaked and clanged, and the occasional ...
This came, in part, from annoyance at her own stupidity: she'd known about the deportations from the start, yet she'd viewed them as something dire, to be avoided at all costs. Instead, this so-called punishment played perfectly into her hands. True, she wasn't going to be taken all the way to On...
Apart from getting up to relieve herself in the bucket Ruth had screened off behind a blanket, she had not moved for what seemed like days. Neither had she eaten the stodgy tepid food; she had forced herself to drink the stale water only when her thirst was such she could no longer block it from ...