Nope, Alice Sebold is American, was/is still a bestseller there and in Europe. And I just checked it, Susie is/was 14 - no, not sad - and yes, sad. Difficult to explain. It's the dry, matter-of-fact way children tend to take the worst catastrophies. I like her book, because there are not many authors showing the child world in such an awesome and believeable consequence.
Kiya
BTW, Margaret George is my favourite history novellist <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> She's not shallow, very good research done.
Ever read Donna Woolfolk Cross: Pope Joan?
At the moment I'm reading: Torey L. Hayden: Beautiful child.
The author is therapist for children with a mental disorder, in this case, it's about a child refusing to speak or communicate in any way with its environment. Maybe you know her most famous one: Sheila.
Kiya
Yes, I read Avalon <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
