by Christine Nöstlinger · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467357134
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Una història familiar is a book by Christine Nöstlinger published by Oxford University Press España, S.A. in 2010. The book tells the story of Gretchen, a fourteen-year-old girl, and her family, the Sackmeiers, known in the neighborhood as the Cinc Sacs. Gretchen's life changes when her mother, Elizabeth, decides to change her life and start working to resume her studies and become a social worker, as well as improve her image and self-esteem. However, her husband does not agree with these changes.
Christine Nöstlinger was an Austrian writer best known for children's books. She received one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards from the Swedish Arts Council in 2003, the biggest prize in children's literature, for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense." She received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for "lasting contribution to children's literature" in 1984 and was one of three people through 2012 to win both of these major international awards.
