Books like See you Thursday by Jean Ure
Marianne, a sixteen‑year‑old student at an affluent girls' school, feels isolated and uneasy in the privileged environment. Her loneliness eases when she meets Abe Shonfeld, a young piano teacher who has been blind since birth and has recently moved in as her mother’s lodger. The budding friendship between Marianne and Abe provides her with new perspective and companionship in her otherwise isolated life.
First publish date: 1981
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Jean Ure
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