Love, Ghosts, & Nose Hair

by Steven Herrick

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A special reissue of a bestselling Australian classic from award-winning author Steven Herrick.Jack is an everyday sixteen-year-old boy. He's obsessed with Annabel, sport and nose hair. He's also obsessed with a ghost ...There's a ghost in our housein a red evening dress,black stockingsand Mum's slingback shoes.Her hair whispersover white shouldersas she dances through the rooms.A bittersweet comedy about the infinite promise of first love and the everlasting sorrow of grief, Love, Ghosts & show more Nose Hair was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers and New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.'Sad, funny, moving and thoughtful.' - Magpies show less

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This book was really interesting. I was surprised because it's written like poetry and there is no really focuse of a story. It's kinda like side stories put together to create a big story.
Companion to "A Place Like This." This is the first.

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Canonical title
Love, Ghosts, & Nose Hair
Alternate titles
Love, Ghosts & Facial Hair
Original publication date
1996
Disambiguation notice
Published as Love, Ghosts, & Facial Hair in the US.

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Genres
Poetry, Fiction and Literature, Teen, Young Adult
DDC/MDS
821Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesBritish Poetry
LCC
PR9619.3 .H39 .L68Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish LiteratureEnglish literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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