Furious Thing

Furious Thing
ISBN: 9781788451307
Publication Date: 1 November 2019

Lexi lives with her mum and her mums fiance, John, and her half-sister Iris. She knows that shes differentshe has an anger inside her that she struggles to control. Shes certain that theres something wrong with hershe wants to impress everyone, and make her mum proud of her. But impressing John is the real challenge. He has very clear ideas of what sort of a stepdaughter Lexi should be, and no matter what she tries, she always seems to come up short. Especially when compared to Iris, who is always treated as the perfect daughter.

Johns influence on her mum is also becoming more and more clear, as she has started sharing his view of Lexi. Lexis anger is going to lead her into trouble, and to question everything about herself, and who she really is.

A masterful story exploring emotional abuse and right at the core of contemporary discussions of the ways women are manipulated by men, Jenny Downhams new novel is a peerless and ultimately uplifting exploration of this heartbreakingly common reality.

About the Author

Jenny Downham as an actor and worked in alternative theatre before starting to write. Her first book, Before I Die, is an international bestseller. It won the Branford Boase Award and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Her second novel, You Against Me, won the Waterstones Teen Fiction Prize, and her third novel, Unbecoming, was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and won the Stonewall Honor Award from the American Library Association.

Jenny lives in London. She hopes that this story encourages more girls to make a noise so that their voices can be heard.