Terry Farish

Either the Beginning or the End of the World Terry Farish

Marc Notes: Sofie, sixteen, lives alone with her father, a Scottish fisherman, on New Hampshire's coast and is not prepared for the return of her pregnant mother, a Cambodian immigrant, or for the forbidden relationship she has begun with a young Army medic back from Afghanistan. Brief Description: Sofie, sixteen, lives alone with her father, a Scottish fisherman, on New Hampshire's coast and isn't prepared for the return of her pregnant mother--a Cambodian immigrant--or for the forbidden relationship she's begun with a young Army medic back from Afghanistan. Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2015 (EAN 9781467774833, Hardcover) School Library Journal 09/01/2015 pg. 164 (EAN 9781467774833, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 09/15/2015 pg. 71 (EAN 9781467774833, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Farish, Terry Terry Farish is the author of several young adult novels. She says of THE CAT WHO LIKED POTATO SOUP, "This story began in the kitchen of our old-timer neighbor, Jimmy Fowler. My daughter and I were visiting with him there, gossiping about some village cat or other. Jimmy didn't have a cat, but he said if we got one, wouldn't we name it after him? And we did . We got a cat and named her Jimmy." Barry Root is the illustrator of many books for children. He says, "I've always been pro-cat, although our house is divided on the subject. To appreciate a cat requires a certain amount of abstraction, I think - and a sense of humor." Barry Root lives in rural Pennsylvania with his wife (the illustrator Kimberly Bulcken Root), their three children, and a couple of useless dogs.