Seesaw | |
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1st edition |
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Author(s) | Deborah Moggach |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Novel |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 11 Mar 1996 |
Media type | Print & Audio |
Pages | 320 |
ISBN | 0-434-00312-3 |
Seesaw, is a 1996 novel by English author Deborah Moggach, first published in 1996 by Heinemann and recommended in OUP's Good Fiction Guide.[1]
Contents |
Hannah, the seventeen-year-old daughter of Morris and Val Price is kidnapped and a ransom of half a million pounds is demanded. The novel focuses on both the Price family and the kidnappers in the time leading up to the abduction; the relationships between Jon and Eva the two kidnappers, and Hannah; and what happens to all those concerned following her release.
Deborah Moggach also wrote the script for a three-part television adaptation of the novel, first broadcast in March 1998[4] on ITV.[5]