The Diaries of Bluebell Gadsby : after Iris

Overview: Natasha Farrant previously worked in publishing and now runs her own children's literary scouting agency. She grew up in the heart of the French community in London, and has therefore never considered herself as completely English, although certainly not completely French, which makes for a quite interesting view of the world. Natasha is in her thirties, and lives in West London with her husband and two children. Being A Combination Of Conventional Diary Entries And Transcripts Of Videos Shot By The Author On The Camera She Was Given For Her 13th Birthday, And Beginning At The End Of Summer. Bluebell Gadsby Is 13 But That's The Least Of Her Problems. Both Her Parents Seem More Interested In Their Careers Than The Family, Leaving Blue And Her Three Siblings In The Care Of Zoran The Au Pair, As Well As Their Three Pet Rats (who May Or May Not Be Pregnant). The Enigmatic Joss Moves In Next Door And Blue Thinks She Might Be Falling In Love, Until He Takes Out Her Older Sister Flora Instead (who, Incidentally, Is Trying To Make A Statement By Dying Her Hair Bright Pink But No One Takes The Blindest Bit Of Notice). Blue Thinks And Feels Very Deeply About Life But Can't Really Talk To Anyone About It, Because No One In The Gadsby Family Wants To Address The Real Problem - That Blue's Twin Sister, Iris, Died A Year Ago, And They Are All Just Trying To Hide Their Grief In Busyness... So Blue Turns To Her Diary And Her Unique Way Of Seeing The World Through Her Camcorder To Express Herself. A Tender, Funny, Smart And Ultimately Heartwarming Story. Blue Gadsby's twin sister, Iris, died three years ago and her family has never been the same. Her histrionic older sister, Flora, changes her hair color daily; her younger siblings, Jasmine and Twig, are completely obsessed with their pet rats; and both of her parents spend weeks away from home - and each other. Enter Zoran the Bosnian male au pair and Joss the troublemaking boy next door, and life for the Gadsby family takes a turn for the even more chaotic. Blue poignantly captures her family's trials and tribulations from fragmented to fully dysfunctional to ultimately reunited, in a sequence of film transcripts and diary entries that will make you cry, laugh, and give thanks for the gift of families Bluebell Gadsby is 13 but that's the least of her problems. Both her parents seem more interested in their careers than the family, leaving Blue and her three siblings as well as their three pet rats (who may or may not be pregnant), in the care of Zoran the au pair.