This is actually the original poster, as produced by the Ministry of Information in 1939. Here it is then, exhibit A, Keep Calm and Carry On. But I’ve been delving into the history of World War Two posters recently, and rather to my surprise have discovered that a whole chunk of its history – and to my mind the most interesting part – never gets told. And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.I’ve never written about the Keep Calm and Carry On poster on here until now, mainly because the internet is already thoroughly pock-marked with its image and the story done to death, so I was bored of the whole thing before this blog had even begun (and rather assumed that everyone else was too). She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She doesn't want to.Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids it's what got them through their mother leaving.Reading. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life-and she's really good at it. In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013 A New York Times Best Seller! Vis mere
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