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Title	:	Skallagrigg
Author	:	William Horwood
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 728 pages
Published	:	1988 by Penguin (first published 1987)
Categories	:	Fiction. Fantasy. Disability. Young Adult

Skallagrigg

William Horwood

Paperback | Pages: 728 pages

Rating: 4.52 | 718 Users | 95 Reviews

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Skallagrigg unites Arthur, a little boy abandoned many years ago in a grim hospital in northern England with Esther, a radiantly intelligent young girl who is suffering from cerebral palsy, and with Daniel, an American computer-games genius. Skallagrigg - whatever the name signifies, whoever he is - will come to transform all their lives. And William Horwood's inspired, heart-rending story of rescue and redemptive love will undoubtedly touch your life too.

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Original Title:	Skallagrigg
ISBN:	0140072063 (ISBN13: 9780140072068)
Edition Language:	English

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As a mother of a CP daughter I was unsure whether to read this book.Society even today can maginalise and ridicule disabled people.But Horwood handles the subject with such thoughtfulness and love that I was won over.The box of tissues were needed often.Parts of my life were echoed on the pages and my conflicting emotions of the past 30 years were brought back to me.How fortunate it is that my daughter was born in this day and age.Although communication is difficult she has a machine like Esther

Horwood's master work. Set in the world of cerebral palsy and historical mental asylums, it sounds a very unattractive read. But it is wonderful, magical and powerful. Life-changing, or at the very least, eye-opening.

I have discovered from other reviews that the author has a CP daughter and this book clearly came from the heart. I read it because someone who loved it sourced an out of print copy for me. I read all 728 pages. Let's leave it there.

For years I used to puzzle over my choice, should the inevitable happen, and I was invited onto Desert Island Discs to select my one book to take with me to while away my days.A lifetime of solitude for me, would be my ultimate test of self and I always believed that I could never pick a single book (Bible and The Complete Works of Shakespeare a given)that would act as my humanitarian surrogacy.Across music, film, entertainment and until now literature, I have always been a fence-sitter. Not

"I'm four chapters in and I can already tell that this is going to be one of the best books I have ever read. It is extraordinary."Clearly, I was impressed enough to write the above statement almost immediately after starting this book. It really is an astounding achievement. The writing style is so natural that I forgot I was reading and that for me is the mark of a great writer. The descriptive passages never felt pretentious or flowery, the dialogue was rarely stilted or awkward. And it kept

Wow - this book had me hooked. Not the normal style I read but it met me where I was at, and took me on what seemed like multiple adventures - only to discover that in reality the themes, story lines, and emotions were all interwoven like coloured patterns and echoes of patterns within a giant tapestry or piece of material of a loom... At first it all just looks like a giant mess - but at the end the intracacies are beautifully surprising, subtle, and so well thought through...An insight into

One of my all time favourites, I forget how many times I've read it