More of an extensive character study than a story, it explores the heart and soul of a teenage girl with a rawness that is both incredible and borderline alarming alarming because. She is pregnant and plans to give this account to her daughter on her 16th birthday so that they can share their youth together. Subtitled the pillow book of cordelia kenn this is a self portrait of a passionate girl who needs to write in this case the story of her teenage years. In book one of tia the passages are not jumbled, but are arranged so that there is a storyline to follow, with pillow book poems and lists and cordelias thoughts on various subjects placed in between the episodes of the story.
I cannot explain how in so many ways this book affected my life and correlated with it. This is all the pillow book of cordelia kenn aidan chambers keywords. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 816 pages and is available in hardcover format. Pdf pillow talk book by freya north free download 352 pages. It is a portrait of her young self in the form of a pillow book. And thats the only proof you can have that it is real, and not just a crush or an infatuation or a passing fancy. It is a pillow book collection of thoughts, poems, anything wanted to put in it about a teenage girl, cordelia kenn, as she grows up and learns to deal with her life and who she wants to be. This is all the pillow book of cordelia kenn aidan chambers author. Aidan chambers books list of books by author aidan chambers. Using a pillow book as her form, nineteenyearold cordelia kenn sets out to write out her life for her unborn daughter. These passages sometimes relate to the episodes of the story and sometimes dont. The book includes thoughts on being a women, on poetry, music, reading and writing, on being pregnant and finally of her marriage to william. What emerges is a portrait of an extraordinary girl who writes frankly of love, sex, poetry, nature, and, most of all, of herself in the world.
While waiting for her baby to arrive, 19yearold cordelia kenn constructs a pillow book, a collection of writings on various topics, a portrait of myself as a teenager. Cordelia kenn is 19 years old and is writing the story of her life for her unborn child. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read this is all. This article is within the scope of wikiproject childrens literature, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of childrens literature on wikipedia. The pillow book of cordelia kenn is a young adult novel by british author aidan chambers, and is the last installment in a book series called. Just press the source button above, copy the results, and off you go. Nineteen and pregnant, cordelia kenns decided to leave this record of herself for her unborn child. Using a pillow book as her form, nineteenyearold cordelia kenn sets out to write her life for her unborn daughter. The pillow book of cordelia kenn pdf epub the dance sequence series book. Each book in this series is a different view on the comingofage story through the eyes of, for the most part, rather intellectual teenagers, and can be read together with the others, or on its own as a stand alone novel. Aidan chambers cordelia kenn recounts her life from age fifteen to twenty in a series of formats, such as letters, diaries, poems, and short stories, to be read in the future by her daughter. This is all the pillow book of cordelia kenn aidan chambers. Short paragraph about the series andor its characters goes at the top. The pillow book of cordelia kenn ive always been a slow learner in some areas of my life.
This is all the pillow book of cordelia kenn the art of. Each book in this series is a different view on the coming of age story through the eyes of, for the most part, rather intellectual teenagers, and can be read together with the others, or on its own as a stand alone. At the ala presidents program last year, aidan chambers said he believes life imitates art that young readers look to their literature to discover. Subtitled the pillow book of cordelia kenn this is the story of cordelia from the time she is 15 until she is 20. The main characters of this womens fiction, chick lit story are. Oct 25, 2005 using a pillow book as her form, nineteenyearold cordelia kenn sets out to write out her life for her unborn daughter. What emerges is a portrait of an extraordinary girl, who writes frankly of love, sex, poetry, nature, faith, and of herself in the world. The pillow book of cordelia kenn by aidan chambers. I still love cordelia, and her voice is stronger than ever in my ear. This story unfolds in six parts, each one a separate pillow book a japanese journaling tradition. In book one of tia the passages are not jumbled, but are arranged so that there is a storyline to follow, with pillow book poems and lists and cordelia s thoughts on various subjects placed in between the episodes of the story. I can genuinely say its one of the most intriguing, honest books that ive read. This is all by aidan chambers overdrive rakuten overdrive.
Choosing the old and famous japanese pillow book as her model, cordelia is able to include all kinds of writing she had sone in the past, as well as episodes and thoughts, lists and poems she is writing now. The pillow book of cordelia kenn is a young adult novel by aidan chambers, published in 2005 it is the last work in the dance sequence of six novels, preceded by breaktime, dance on my grave, now i know, the toll bridge, and postcards from no mans land. Pillow book is an ambitious novel, and one that does well to capture the voice an experiences of a. As a future gift to her almostborn daughter, cordelia records the stormy, passionate story of her life from age 15 to 20 in the form of japanese pillow books. This is all by aidan chambers penguin books australia. If you wish to copy it into a new trope as a guideline for crafting a new article, go ahead.
This is all is an anthology, written in six books of cordelia s adolescent life, by turns funny, poignant, sad, exciting,fascinating ironic and truthful about topics that parents often do not tell their. See all books authored by aidan chambers, including postcards from no mans land, and this is all. A pillow book records impressions, daily events, poems, letters, stories, ideas, descriptions of people, etc. The story of cordelia kenn, told by herself, covering her life from the age of fifteen until the birth of her baby when she is almost twenty. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Cordelia, at nineteen, while pregnant with her baby daughter, compiles the story of her teenage years. The pillow book of cordelia kenn is a young adult novel by british author aidan chambers, and is the last installment in a book series called the dance sequence. The first edition of the novel was published in august 1st 1983, and was written by freya north. Breatktime, dance on my grave, now i know, the toll bridge, postcards from no mans land, and this is all. May 01, 2008 using a pillow book as her form, nineteenyearold cordelia kenn sets out to write her life for her unborn daughter. With profound respect for readers, chambers again stretches the ya genre to its edges and beyond. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 352 pages and is available in paperback format. I read this book when i was a freshman in high school.
Each book in this series is a different view on the comingofage story through the eyes of, for the most part, rather intellectual teenagers, and can be read together. Chambers inhabits cordelia completely, and this book consistently rewards the reader. Reading the pillow book now that ive read more than a third of this is all by aidan chambers, i thought id write a little bit more about it. Postcards from no mans land aidan chambers, author. Each book in this series is a different view on the coming of age story through the eyes of, for the most part, rather intellectual teenagers, and can be read together. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read this is. The masterpiece of one of youngadult literatures greatest living writers. The pillow book of cordelia kenn, a novel by the wonderful aidan chambers. Cordelia kenn propositions a boy that shes liked for some time, william blacklin. Ostensibly consisting of journals of teenager cordelia kenn, detailing her life from early adolescence up to the age of 19, the book actually serves as a complete, multilayered, and intricate portrait of cordelia. The pillow book of cordelia kenn, a novel by the wonderful. Free download or read online pillow talk pdf epub book.
The pillow book of cordelia kenn is a young adult novel by aidan chambers, published in 2005. Aidan chambers is the author of the highly acclaimed dance sequence of youngadult novels. She or chambers, really begins with the story of how she meets will blacklin, and how they fall in love. The pillow book of cordelia kenn aidan chambers for readers 16 years and up like everything in life, there comes a time with pregnancy when enough is enough, even for a pupative mum. Eleanor oliphant is completely fine gail honeyman 6.