Alberto's Lost Birthday

by Diana Rosie

Overview

A little boy and his grandfather embark on a quest to find the old man's missing birthday in Diana Rosie's debut novel, Alberto's Lost Birthday.

Alberto is an old man. But he doesn't know how old - he remembers nothing before his arrival at an orphanage during the Spanish civil war.

He rarely thinks about his missing childhood, but when seven-year-old Tino discovers his grandfather has never had a birthday party, never blown out candles on a birthday cake, never received a single birthday present, he's determined things should change. And so the two set out to find Alberto's birthday.

Their search for the old man's memories takes them deep into the heart of Spain - a country that has pledged to forget its painful past. As stories of courage, cruelty and love unfold, Alberto realises that he has lost more than a birthday. He has lost a part of himself. But with his grandson's help, he might just find it again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447293040
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	12/17/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	415 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

A copywriter by trade, Diana Rosie has created award-winning campaigns for a variety of popular brands, and occasionally helps her filmmaker husband with scriptwriting.

After living in Hong Kong, London and Peru, she has finally settled comfortably into a country cottage, where she writes by the range.

Alberto's Lost Birthday is her first novel.

A copywriter by trade, Diana Rosie has created award-winning campaigns for a variety of popular brands, and occasionally helps her filmmaker husband with scriptwriting.

After living in Hong Kong, London and Peru, she has finally settled comfortably into a country cottage, where she writes by the range.

Her debut novel Alberto's Lost Birthday is the critically acclaimed story of an old man and his grandson's quest to uncover his past, lost in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.

Editorial Reviews

"Charms and illuminates in equal measure." —Daily Mail


"Moving, thoughtful and absorbing . . . Alberto's Lost Birthday reminds us of the importance of home and the peace that comes with knowing who we truly are." —Mail on Sunday

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