My Brother's Ghost2001
About this book
Frances Foggarty, now in her fifties, remembers her childhood.. When she was nine her ten-year-old brother, Tom, was hit by a milk-float and killed. He returns after the funeral and Frances's story is of her new relationship with Tom, the ghost and 'guardian angel'. Frances wears a caliper as a result of polio and she and her young brother live with a rather tyrannical aunt. In this touching tale of loss, hardship and endurance Frances comes to terms with Tom's death and moves on in her life.
Details
- First published
- 2001
- OL Work ID
- OL1971583W
Subjects
DeathBrothers and sistersAuntsJuvenile fictionYoung Adult FictionFictionGhost storiesHorrorGhostsChildren and deathOrphansChildren's fictionGhosts, fictionDeath, fictionFamily, fictionEngland, fictionOrphans, fictionBrothers and sisters, fiction