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Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Solace of the Road about?
<p><i>holly's Story Will Leave A Lasting Impression On All Who Travel With Her.<br><br></i>memories Of Mum Are The Only Thing That Make Holly Hogan Happy. She Hates Her Foster Family With Their Too-nice Ways And Their False Sympathy. And She Hates Her Life, Her Stupid School, And The Way Everyone Is Always On At Her. Then She Finds The Wig, And Everything Changes. Wearing The Long, Flowing Blond Locks She Feels Transformed. She's Not Holly Anymore, She's Solace: The Girl With The Slinkster Walk And The Supersharp Talk. She's Older, More Confident-the Kind Of Girl Who Can Walk Right Out Of Her Humdrum Life, Hitch To Ireland, And Find Her Mum. The Kind Of Girl Who Can Face The World Head-on. So Begins A Bittersweet And Sometimes Hilarious Journey As Solace Swaggers And Holly Tiptoes Across England And Through Memory, Discovering Her True Self And Unlocking The Secrets Of Her Past.<br><br><br><i>from The Hardcover Edition.</i></p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>dowd’s Final Novel (the Author Died Of Cancer In 2007) Is A Compelling Psychological Portrait Of A Girl’s Journey From Denial To Facing The Facts That Will Let Her Move Beyond Her Troubled Past. Holly Hogan, 14, Ha
Who reads Solace of the Road?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Siobhan Dowd
- Publisher
- New York: David Fickling Books
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780385609722
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Religion, Children'S
- Rating
- 3.55 / 5 (1,100 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14