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The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp
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The unpublished manuscript was the winner of the 2022 Tessa Duder Award: a powerful exploration of guilt, forgiveness, choice, and personal responsibility.
The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp follows Hannah Kemp as she grapples with the aftermath of a traumatic accident for which she is responsible. Struggling to reconcile with her guilt, Hannah finds herself ostracised by a community quick to condemn her. She copes by rebelling and pushing away anyone who offers kindness or seeks to understand her. Burdened by guilt and anger, Hannah stumbles upon a mobile library bus where every book reveals the true story of a life lived. Here, she realises that judgment of others is often shallow and uninformed.
Upon finding her own book, Hannah discovers that her past holds the power to reshape her present.
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The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp is a powerful novel that explores themes of belonging, self-discovery, family, and friendships. It's a magical realist story from New Zealand about a young woman recovering from a life-changing accident and seeking redemption. The protagonist, Hannah Kemp, is a strong and engaging character, with a lively and self-aware inner voice, who navigates a fantastical library where stories come true. The book's writing is praised for being flawless, engaging, and often humourous, making it an absorbing read.
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ISBN: 9781760657239
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 April 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: Walker Books Australia
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 275g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Leonie Agnew is an award-winning children's author, a former advertising copywriter, and currently moonlighting as a primary school teacher. Witnesses claim her defining characteristic is a tendency to make things up. This is called lying, unless you write it down. Then it is pleasantly referred to as being an author.
In 2022, Leonie won the junior fiction prize at the New Zealand Book Awards for the second time. She also won the Storylines 2022 Tessa Duder Award for her manuscript The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp. Leonie has previously won the British David Fickling Master of the Inkpot prize, multiple Esther Glen awards, a national children's choice award and more. All this must be true because somebody else wrote it on her Wikipedia page, not Leonie.
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