What I Was

From the 2016 recipient of the Astrid Lindgren award and author of international bestseller How I Live Now, National Book Award finalist Picture Me Gone, and most recently Jonathan Unleashed

Finn was a beautiful orphan. H was a prep school misfit. On a September afternoon many years ago they met on a beach on the coast of England, near the ancient fisherman's hut Finn was squatting in with his woodstove, a case of books, a striped blanket and a cat. H insinuates his way into Finn's life--his blazing wood fires and fishing expeditions. Their friendship deepens, offering H the freedom and human connection that has always eluded him. But all too soon the idyll of their relationship is shaken by a heart-wrenching scandal.

What I Was is the unforgettable story of H at the end of his life looking back on this friendship, which has shaped and obsessed him for nearly a century.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 12/30/2008
ISBN: 9780452290235
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 7.76h x 4.92w x 0.53d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 01/04/2009 pg. 20

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 123771 / What I Was
Reading Level: 7.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8