Words Fail Me (Paperback)

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Paperback. A therapists job is to listen, not to get involved. Unless A dark and startling tale of righteous vengeance VAL McDERMID Complex, timely and full of compassion IAN RANKINWhen Jane smart, funny, fortyish says shes a school counsellor, people assume its all about exam stress. If only.Her teenage clients include Vaishali, who hates the perfect curves that draw the attention of adult men; Fraser, who cares devotedly for his mother but hurts his girlfriend by confusing real life with porn; and George, a trans boy who suffers from acute anxiety.Harbouring terrible secrets from her own youth, Jane struggles to contain the anger these stories arouse in her. Its only when she starts counselling her colleague Kass, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse whose trauma is resurfacing, that her thoughts turn to revengeMoving, entertaining and revelatory, Words Fail Me is a gripping page-turner, with a compelling mystery at its core and a hair-raising climax, which also shines a revealing light on contemporary adolescent agonies. Told through the eyes of a school counsellor, Words Fail Me is a gripping page-turner with a compelling mystery at its core and a hair-raising climax, while offering an eye-opening insight into the burdens borne by todays adolescents Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de ref. del artículo 9781785634178

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Frances McKendrick is a psychotherapist and writer living in Edinburgh with her husband and two children.

She won the Isobel Lodge Award for her short fiction, which has also been shortlisted for the Bath Short Story Award and the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize. Words Fail Me is her first novel.