by Camilla Gibb · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099286585
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«Mouthing the Words» is the psychological novel by Camilla Gibb, published by Vintage in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Thelma grows up in an unstable home and packs her imaginary friends in a suitcase when her family emigrates to Canada. The novel traces her journey through sexual abuse, anorexia and multiple personality disorder, until she returns to England to study law at Oxford, without losing her imagination.
It is Camilla Gibb's first novel. The work originally appeared with Heinemann in 2001; this Vintage edition is from February 2002.
With echoes of Jeanette Winterson and Sylvia Plath, a read for those seeking psychological fiction about trauma and resilience.
Camilla Gibb is an English-born Canadian writer who currently resides in Toronto.
