The Other Side Of Snow (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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Set in the late 1970s Wales, United Kingdom, The Other Side Of Snow follows Cathy, a shy and exceedingly clever mixed-race teenager who contends with more than what most teens ever have to as she navigates her life in school, made more difficult by intrusive voices and visual hallucinations.

Everything Cathy knows changes when her family moves from Sandford-on-Thames, a large town in Oxfordshire, to Rhondda Foch Valley, a small village in South Wales.

Torn from her long-time happy home and loving relatives living nearby, Cathy must navigate her issues in a new country, new people, and social cues. But that's not all that changes. Her new school officially classifies her as a disturbed, intelligent girl. But Cathy isn't interested in how others define her. She's got more pressing problems at home. Her once lively mum, Elsie, is depressed and quiet. Her dad, Tacari, comes home after dark and always fights. Beverly, her half-sister, is making secret plans to leave. She struggles to find her way in a city where kids aren't friendly, with no friends at school, and feels as isolated at home.

As problems within the family spiral out of control, so does Cathy's mind. She fights daily to figure out the difference between reality and delusions, with a head plagued by voices. Struggling to find the difference between real and imaginary.

Dad disappears and, with him, all comfort. Elsie's depression is at its height, and Cathy doesn't think Mum will make it on her own. Cathy has a choice to make - she can pack up and run like Beverly and hope it doesn't all end horribly. But leaving Mum simply isn't an option, no matter the strangeness at home that started the day Dad left. Or she might find Dad and bring him back to Mum. But it's not as easy as that. She doesn't know where he is. Elsie leaves her long-term job to work in a pub. She meets Peter, and he soon becomes integral to their lives. Cathy is pleased with this until Elsie agrees for them to move in with him. Cathy, twelve, the first time Peter touches her. She keeps this a secret from Mum because Peter says their "special" time together must stay secret - otherwise, Elsie would be jealous.This broken innocence secret wreaks havoc on Cathy's life - a chaotic whirlwind that seems impossible to escape, and the bravery needed to face the truth is always a far reach away, impossible to grasp.