Bøger af Jennifer Clement

Min mor kaldte alt og alle, der så ud til at være alene, for strejfere. Der var både strejfende mennesker, strejfende hunde, strejfende kugler og strejfende sommerfugle. Fjortenårige Pearl bor på forsædet af en gammel bil. Hendes mor Margot bor på bagsædet. Sammen overlever de på en kost bestående af Cheerios og insektspray, kærlighedssange og stjålne cigaretter. Livet i udkanten af en trailerpark i Florida er råt nok, som det er, men da pastor Rex sætter gang i sit Giv-Gud-Dine-Våben-initiativ, og Eli Redmond kommer til byen, vendes Pearls liv på hovedet. Eli begynder at besøge moderen på bagsædet, og Pearl tvinges ud i verdenen på den anden side af kølerhjelmen.Halvfems huller i himlen er en fortælling om familie, sammenhold og vold fortalt fra en klarsynet teenagers perspektiv. Igennem Pearls øjne blotlægges Amerikas brutale kærlighedsaffære med håndvåben og dens smertefulde konsekvenser. "Fremragende." The Guardian "Fuld af sorg og øm sødme ... Et glimt af mennesker, der hver dag synker i til knæene i vores våbenkulturs giftige spild. De er måske Amerikas glemte børn, men efter at have læst denne roman, vil du ikke kunne glemme dem." The Washington Post

A tender and moving account of Jean-Michel Basquiat's life as seen through the eyes of his muse

Jennifer Clement grew up in 1960s Mexico City living next door to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. It was a bohemian childhood alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, one that, thanks to her markedly absent parents, allowed an awakening of a creative freedom and curiosity about the world. Passionate about dance, Clement left behind the revolutions in Latin America and took up a place at dance school in New York City in 1981. She quickly becomes a fixture in the art scene of the early 80s inhabiting the world of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Colette Lumiere, and William Burroughs, among others, and frequenting The Mudd Club, Danceteria and Studio 54. From the author of Widow Basquiat, this memoir recreates the fury, ecstasy and danger that made ?70s Mexico City and 80's New York two of the greatest places to be living, young and free.

Themenschwerpunkte: Challenges in Teenage Life, The American Dream, Growing up in an Insecure WorldÜber den Roman:Seit ihrer Geburt lebt die 14-jährige Pearl zusammen mit ihrer Ausreißer-Mutter Margot in einem alten Ford Mercury, der auf einem abgehalfterten Trailerpark am Rande einer Mülldeponie irgendwo in Florida steht. In poetischer Sprache beschriebt Jennifer Clement die innige Beziehung und das Umfeld der beiden Protagonistinnen, das geprägt ist von Drogen, Waffen, Gewalt und Müll - und nicht zuletzt den Mitbewohnern des Trailerparks, allesamt Verlierer des amerikanischen Traums. Eine dramatische Wendung erfährt Pearls Leben, als sich ihre Mutter in den charismatischen, aber undurchsichtigen Eli Redmond verliebt ...  Diese 2018 erschienene coming-of-age novel eignet sich vorrangig für die Jahrgangsstufen 12/13 (G8/G9), um curriculare Themen wie The American Dream, Hispanics oder Gun Violence (The Second Amendment/The Constitution) zu bearbeiten. Darüber hinaus bieten sich Themen wie Growing up oder Challenges in Teenage Life auch für die Jahrgangsstufen 10 und 11 (G8/G9) zur Bearbeitung an.Additional texts in der Textausgabe:| About the Author - Jennifer Clement | James Baldwin: You Don't Need Numbers; You Need Passion | Team Trace: 14 Facts: Understanding Gun Violence in America | Joe Eskenazi: How US Cities Are Changing for Runaway Kids | The Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress (2018) | Jeff Nesbit: Who Are We Preparing to Fight? | Susanne Mayer: Trump Country | Adele Peters: Can Manufactured Homes Help the Housing Crisis?Zu dieser Textausgabe gibt es das EinFach Englisch Unterrichtsmodell ISBN 978-3-14-127480-6

**Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction 2018**`My mother called anyone or anything that seemed alone, or ended up in the wrong place, a stray. There were stray people, stray dogs, stray bullets, and stray butterflies.'Fourteen-year-old Pearl France lives in the front seat of a broken down car and her mother Margot lives in the back.

Offers a selection of poems, as well as the complete "Lady of the Broom" sequence, together with selections from the author's first two books.

'The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl.'On the mountainside in rural Mexico where Ladydi lives, being a girl is dangerous. Because the stolen girls don't come back. Ladydi is determined to get out, to find a life that offers more than just the struggle to survive.

A True Story Based on Lies is a remarkable and original novel that addresses the universal issues of class discrimination, male oppression and female servitude through dual narratives ofspellbinding power. As the novel unfolds, the 'true' story gradually emerges.