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Leaves

by Lucy Caldwell · 2007

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Lori is coming home from her first term at university. It's only been a few weeks and already things have gone badly wrong. But none of the rest of the family knows, or understands, what really happened. In this fiercely observed family drama, three teenage girls struggle to define who they are, and why, and where they might be going. 'Leaves' won the George Devine Award 2006.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
sisterssistersMore like thisLess of thisteenagersteenagersMore like thisLess of thistheatretheatreMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 128 pages
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playsplaysMore like thisLess of this

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