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Twins and Ghosts: The Icarus Girl
April 25, 2006
Helen Oyeyemi writer, student, Cambridge University [homepage]

Helen Oyeyemi and others present her breakthrough novel, The Icarus Girl.

Jess Harrison is eight years old. Believing that a change from her English environment might be the perfect antidote to Jess's alarming mood swings, her parents whisk her off to Nigeria for the first time where she meets her mother's family, including her formidable grandfather, and TillyTilly, a mysterious little girl her own age. A story of twins and ghosts, of a little girl growing up between cultures and colors, The Icarus Girl heralds the arrival of a remarkable new talent.

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Author: Helen Oyeyemi
Publisher: Anchor (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 352 pages

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