Tightrope Walkers
The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond - a novel of young love and tragedy from the prizewinning author of Skellig
''I was born in a hovel on the banks of the Tyne...''
Dominic Hall grows up in the sixties on a brand-new estate, along with the other families who escaped the river. But the Tyne is still an overwhelming presence, and most of the fathers work in the shipyards. Dom is torn between his ne...
The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond - a novel of young love and tragedy from the prizewinning author of Skellig
''I was born in a hovel on the banks of the Tyne...''
Dominic Hall grows up in the sixties on a brand-new estate, along with the other families who escaped the river. But the Tyne is still an overwhelming presence, and most of the fathers work in the shipyards. Dom is torn between his ne...
