More reviews relating to self-harm.

Julia Hoban talks about WILLOW and SCARRED

If you’re a regular reader of Blue Archipelago Reviews then you will know that I’m a big fan of WILLOW by Julia Hoban; I rated it five stars when I read it back in early 2009. Julia was kind enough to stop by and answer some interview questions then too.

This year WILLOW is being released on paperback on February 23 and is also coming to the UK in March. Interestingly UK readers will see this fabulous novel listed under a different name: Scarred.

I was intrigued by the change of name so I thought who better to ask for the reason than Julia herself – and she agreed to answer some more questions for us too.

Willow by Julia Hoban | Online Book Review

In this Young Adult novel, Hoban takes the very sensitive subject of self-harm and delivers a powerful story. Of how people cope with loss, of our perceptions of the world around us, and how sometimes we see things differently to everyone else, almost to the point of paranoia.