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THE YEAR NICK MCGOWAN CAME TO STAY

Rebecca Sparrow

Bubble skirts. Transvision Vamp. Corkscrew perms. ‘21 Jump Street’.
It's 1989 and Rachel Hill is the girl most likely to succeed. And the girl most likely to have everything under control ... that is, until her father invites the moody Nick McGowan to live with them. With the help of her best friend Zoe, Rachel battens down the hatches in preparation for Nick McGowan to move into her old bedroom and into her life.

Nick immediately labels Rachel as uptight. With bad taste in music. Rachel immediately labels Nick a no-hoper. With a bad attitude.

But it's a secret from Nick's past that will draw them together and make the year Nick McGowan came to stay one that Rachel will never forget. From the bestselling author of The Girl Most Likely.

Rebecca Sparrow has earned a living selling touch lamps, working as a nanny, a travel writer, a television publicist, a marketing executive, a magazine editor and a secret shopper (once). She is an ambassador of War Child Australia, an agency dedicated to giving aid to children affected by war, and The Pyjama Foundation which sends ‘reading angels’ into the homes of foster children. Rebecca’s first novel, The Girl Most Likely, was published in 2003 and is currently in development with Icon Films. Her second novel, The Year Nick McGowan Came To Stay was published in 2006 and debuted as a stage play in 2007. Her third novel Joel & Cat Set The Story Straight was co-written with Nick Earls and published in July 2007.
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Published 2006-05-01 by UQP University of Queensland Press - St Lucia (AUS)

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Published 2006-05-01 by UQP University of Queensland Press - St Lucia (AUS)

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[A] richly creative tale full of humor and funny situations related with a touch of reminiscence.

US: Knopf for Young Readers (published as a YA novel)

Aussie teen Rachel Hill is devastated when her parents inform her that Nick McGowan, who was suspended from boarding school for setting off all the fire alarms in the boy's dormitory, is coming to stay with them. Nick, the hottest guy in Year 11, is going to be living in her bedroom, in her house, where he will bear witness to all of her parents' embarrassing behaviors and her collection of Huey Lewis cassettes. Initially there is no love lost between the two, but before long they are confiding in one another, and their friendship is bound to be one that will survive the years. This book is full of laugh-out-loud moments, particularly when Rachel's friend Zoë is involved, but also has its serious side as Rachel learns what caused Nick to go from stellar student to one who has lost all interest in school. The story is set in 1989, seemingly for no reason as it could take place in the present day. Perhaps the author has a fondness for Huey Lewis and Kirk Cameron jokes. Sparrow is adept at accurately portraying her teenage characters and placing them in realistic scenarios that most readers will find pertinent.