Philistine Press

The Third Person 

a novel by Stephanie Newell


Stephanie Newell's The Third Person is a brutal, tragic and darkly humorous novel about growing up, sibling rivalry and the ultimate dysfunctional family. In a series of diary entries, fourteen year old Lizzie shares her secrets about coming to terms with her parents' break-up, battling with her younger sister, and her obsession with the man she is destined to marry…


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About the author

Stephanie Newell works in the English Department at Yale University. She has written several academic books and articles on the histories of printing and reading in West Africa. Her creative writing offers a darkly humorous perspective on the stories that lie beneath the surface in ordinary British households.