Ilha Teresa
(Strawberry Fields Forever) Book not yet available in English
Summary:
“Fifteen-year-old Teresa’s life changes radically when her parents leave Lisbon to live in New York. Unprepared for life in America and a new language, Teresa finds refuge in her particular sense of humour and her only friend, Angel, a handsome but clumsy sixteen-year-old Brazilian boy who loves John Lennon and his music. However, Teresa’s world completely falls apart the day her father dies and leaves her and her younger brother with a neglectful, consumerist mother. “
Edited by: Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva
Comment:
In a slightly different vein to the one his readers have become accustomed to, but always intelligent and equally brilliant, Richard Zimler has created, in Island Teresa, a female character of great density, whose deep and witty voice takes us into the sometimes inscrutable world of adolescence.