Her other novels, Just in Case (winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal), The Bride's Farewell and What I Was which was described by The Times as 'Samuel Beckett on ecstasy', are also available from Puffin. you will want to read everything that Rosoff is capable of writing' - Observer 'An unforgettable adventure' - Sunday Times Bestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novel How I Live Now (winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize).
I put it down with tears on my face' - Julie Myerson, Guardian 'Assured, powerful, engaging. Already knowing her limitations, Daisy comes to an understanding that eating and not being anorexic is okay. In Daisy’s battle to stay alive she realizes that love exists and recognizes that Oslo is where she belongs. How will Daisy live then? 'Fresh, honest, rude, funny. In the book How I Live Now by Meg Rossoff, the main character, Daisy, is faced with war, love and tragedy all at once. There her world will be turned upside down and a perfect summer will explode into a million bewildering pieces. There she'll discover what real love is: something violent, mysterious and wonderful. Her mother died giving birth to her, and now her dad has sent her away for the summer, to live in the English countryside with cousins she's never even met. Fifteen-year-old Daisy thinks she knows all about love. How I Live Now has been adapted for the big screen by Kevin Macdonald, starring Saoirse Ronan as Daisy and releases in 2013. Not having read the book on which this impressive film is based I was completely. How I Live Now is an original and poignant book by Meg Rosoff How I Live Now is the powerful and engaging story of Daisy, the precocious New Yorker and her English cousin Edmond, torn apart as war breaks out in London, from the multi award-winning Meg Rosoff. George MacKay as Edmond and Saoirse Ronan as Daisy in How I Live Now.
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