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Kaitlyn
by Kevin Lewis
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0141021306
- ISBN 13
- 9780141021300
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Penguin, London, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 499 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, London, 2006. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. . Page edges are slightly foxed and slightly soiled. Remainder mark on page edges. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: At the age of 6, Kaitlyn witnesses her father almost kill her younger brother Christopher in an alcoholic rage, and as a result, he is taken away and adopted into a wealthy, privileged family. Kaitlyn and her mother continue living in the notorious Roxborough Council Estate, and she begins to make decent money via the various scams she dreams up. By the time she's in her teens, she's built up a pretty impressive criminal network, and has so far managed to escape police intervention. But she never forgets her brother, and when their paths cross again as adults, whilst she is being hunted by the police and he is a leading defence lawyer, she will find that blood really is thicker than water . . . *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; ISBN: 0141021306. ISBN/EAN: 9780141021300. Inventory No: 20100327.. 9780141021300
Synopsis
The Wilson family was torn apart the night little Christopher was almost killed ...Though the two year-old survives the brutal attack by his drunken father, his older sister Kaitlyn is convinced it's all her fault. Christopher is taken into care and never returns to the family home on the notorious Roxford estate in South London. But the bond between the siblings remains strong, and as Kaitlyn gets older she dreams of a new life away from the violence of the estate and her mother's dangerous addictions. But most of all, she dreams of being reunited with her little brother.Will Kaitlyn's dreams ever come true?And if they do, could they really turn into a nightmare?Kaitlyn is the heart-rending story of a family ripped apart by tragedy and reunited by a twist of fate that threatens to destroy all their lives – and of a girl who has to choose between everything she has worked for, and the only family she has every known.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20100327
- Title
- Kaitlyn
- Author
- Kevin Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0141021306
- ISBN 13
- 9780141021300
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; Kaitlyn
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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Traralgon, Victoria
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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