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It is The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi, who was 19 when she wrote it.
Here is a review, which is pretty spot on for me. It is about a young girl whose mother is Nigerian, and whose father is English. She meets an imaginary? friend who turns out to be quite interesting.
And yes, I did pick it up because of Icarus. Even though I have always known of Icarus the mythological being, I now see books with Icarus in the title and have an unconscious Hatrack response to pick them up.
This was a very, very good book, and I am excited to read this young woman's work as she matures. Holy moly.
[ May 02, 2005, 08:42 AM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]
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Bella Bee, this was paperback! It was in the bin which was basically free, and the dollar goes to charity.
It was published in 2005. I will go check, but I thought it was the first printing.
Edit: I looked up the Nigerian legends about twins. Very interesting. This particular group of Nigrians has the highest incidence of multiple births in the world.
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quote: Oyeyemi’s ambitious first novel (written while she was studying for her A-levels)
Who says that procrastination is a bad thing? No time like the time when you really need to be doing something else to get started on that novel of yours.
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I went to a convention and got a bunch of graphic novels for two dollars apiece, and a bunch more for a dollar apiece. It was awesome.
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