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STAR (noun): any large body like the sun, intensely hot and producing its own energy by nuclear reactions. SOCCER STAR (noun): Gracie Faltrain
Goal-kicking, super-girl, soccer star. Gracie Faltrain is on her way. To the National Championships. To Nick. To everything she's ever wanted. Or so she thinks. Gracie's about to find out that life is messy. And hard. And beautiful.
There's a shadow falling across her mum and dad. Her best friend is about to leave town. She's trying desperately to be with the right boy, on the edge of falling in love with the wrong boy. She's rushing headlong into screwing up, making up, trying to keep it all together. Welcome to the life and times of Gracie Faltrain.
From first-time novelist Cath Crowley comes this sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant look at what good can happen when your world is falling apart.
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STAR (noun): any large body like the sun, intensely hot and producing its own energy by nuclear reactions. SOCCER STAR (noun): Gracie Faltrain
Goal-kicking, super-girl, soccer star. Gracie Faltrain is on her way. To the National Championships. To Nick. To everything she's ever wanted. Or so she thinks. Gracie's about to find out that life is messy. And hard. And beautiful.
There's a shadow falling across her mum and dad. Her best friend is about to leave town. She's trying desperately to be with the right boy, on the edge of falling in love with the wrong boy. She's rushing headlong into screwing up, making up, trying to keep it all together. Welcome to the life and times of Gracie Faltrain.
From first-time novelist Cath Crowley comes this sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant look at what good can happen when your world is falling apart.
Gracie is a soccer superstar, and she knows it. She never misses a goal and she’s on her way to get everything she’s ever wanted. The team is going to the national championships, her dream guy has started noticing her, and surely her dad will come home any day now. But for Gracie, winning is everything, even if it means never passing the ball and pissing off everyone around her. But she’s about to learn that winning isn’t everything, and it certainly won’t fix all her problems.
I first read this book in early high school and adored it. And rereading it, I easily fell back into Gracie’s world. The full-body cringing I first felt when reading Gracie’s first date came flooding back and I had to put the book down for a moment. Gracie is often an unlikeable character and very questionable in her behaviour. But she is also incredibly sweet, and I just wanted everything to work out for her.
In true Cath Crowley fashion, the book is written from multiple points of view, switching among characters, giving depth to the story. This is so much more than a book about a girl who loves soccer. It’s about relationships, of all kinds.
Revisiting The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain has cemented my view that Crowley is truly the queen of contemporary Australian fiction. I highly recommend this book or anything else written by her.
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