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->''So there we are carrying on our happy little life of underage sex, child labour and espionage when someone came to visit us, which, after weeks of Just Us Five kind of took us by surprise, to put it mildly.''
''How I Live Now'' is a 2004 YA novel by Meg Rosoff.
After relations with her father and stepmother break down, Daisy, a cynical, unloved 15-year-old suffering from anorexia, is sent from New York to the English countryside, to stay with her cousins. Living in a beautiful, ramshackle house and blissfully free of teacherly or parental restraints, Osbert, Edmond, Isaac and Piper are a wild but gentle crowd, at least one of whom, Edmond, seems to have actual magical powers. Wary at first, Daisy is soon entranced by their small private utopia. But meanwhile the world slides towards war. The kids blithely ignore it at first, but horror and violence are drawing ever closer.
The novel incorporates tropes from fairy stories and classic children's literature (the death of Daisy's mother in childbirth, the carefree gang of unsupervised children romping about in a glorious English summer) into its ultimately [[DarkerAndEdgier more daring and provocative]] narrative.
The book was adapted for {{Radio}} in 2007, and for film in 2013.
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!!This novel provides examples of:
* AloofBigBrother: Osbert remains relatively detached from and mildly unsympathetic to the others' feelings and goings-on.
* DeadpanSnarker: Daisy.
* DeathByChildbirth: Daisy's mother.
* EmoTeen: Daisy starts out this way, though at least she's always self-aware and funny about it.
* FiveManBand: Daisy and her cousins. At first.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Piper, Isaac.
* FromBadToWorse: A number of times, and we're talking about a pretty damaged 15-year-old protagonist to begin with.
* HeroicBSOD: Pretty much everyone, to varying extents. [[spoiler:Especially Edmond.]]
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Almost ''everyone'', really, notably Piper and Edmond. Isaac too, though in slightly chillier form.
* KissingCousins: The romance between teenage cousins Daisy and Edmond is the unapologetic core of the book.
* MamaBear: Initially self-absorbed, Daisy unexpectedly discovers a strong protective streak in herself, especially with regard to 9-year-old Piper:
-->"''And the thought made me fierce and strong like a mother wildebeest and suddenly I knew where people got the strength to pick up cars with babies lying under them which I always thought was made up.''"
* ParentalAbandonment. At least Aunt Penn's neglect of her seemingly fatherless children is well-intentioned/accidental. Daisy's father - not so excusable.
* PromotionToParent Initially it's actually poor little ''Piper'' who takes on most of the practical responsibility for keeping everyone alive, later, as things get too much for any nine-year-old to handle, Daisy steps up.
* TheQuietOne: Isaac. Edmond gets more said without words, too.
* TheDeterminator: Something else Daisy discovers about herself.
* {{Telepathy}}: Edmond. Because why not?
* TitleDrop: The closing lines of the book.\\
''After all this time, I know exactly where I belong. Here. With Edmond. And that's how I live now.''
* TwinTelepathy: Isaac seems to be mildly telepathic where Edmond is concerned, though Edmond's never-named ability is clearly much stronger.
** It's implied that Isaac's telepathy only works on his twin and on animals, which explains how he was so good handling them. Edmond's power just seemed to be straight-up telepathy.
* WorldWarThree: A very small, close-up view of it. Daisy's never very clear exactly what's going on or why.
* WickedStepmother: Davina. As Daisy puts it, "If she was making even the slightest attempt to address centuries of bad press for stepmothers, she scored a Big Fat Zero."
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''How I Live Now'' is a 2004 YA novel by Meg Rosoff.
After relations with her father and stepmother break down, Daisy, a cynical, unloved 15-year-old suffering from anorexia, is sent from New York to the English countryside, to stay with her cousins. Living in a beautiful, ramshackle house and blissfully free of teacherly or parental restraints, Osbert, Edmond, Isaac and Piper are a wild but gentle crowd, at least one of whom, Edmond, seems to have actual magical powers. Wary at first, Daisy is soon entranced by their small private utopia. But meanwhile the world slides towards war. The kids blithely ignore it at first, but horror and violence are drawing ever closer.
The novel incorporates tropes from fairy stories and classic children's literature (the death of Daisy's mother in childbirth, the carefree gang of unsupervised children romping about in a glorious English summer) into its ultimately [[DarkerAndEdgier more daring and provocative]] narrative.
The book was adapted for {{Radio}} in 2007, and for film in 2013.
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!!This novel provides examples of:
* AloofBigBrother: Osbert remains relatively detached from and mildly unsympathetic to the others' feelings and goings-on.
* DeadpanSnarker: Daisy.
* DeathByChildbirth: Daisy's mother.
* EmoTeen: Daisy starts out this way, though at least she's always self-aware and funny about it.
* FiveManBand: Daisy and her cousins. At first.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Piper, Isaac.
* FromBadToWorse: A number of times, and we're talking about a pretty damaged 15-year-old protagonist to begin with.
* HeroicBSOD: Pretty much everyone, to varying extents. [[spoiler:Especially Edmond.]]
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Almost ''everyone'', really, notably Piper and Edmond. Isaac too, though in slightly chillier form.
* KissingCousins: The romance between teenage cousins Daisy and Edmond is the unapologetic core of the book.
* MamaBear: Initially self-absorbed, Daisy unexpectedly discovers a strong protective streak in herself, especially with regard to 9-year-old Piper:
-->"''And the thought made me fierce and strong like a mother wildebeest and suddenly I knew where people got the strength to pick up cars with babies lying under them which I always thought was made up.''"
* ParentalAbandonment. At least Aunt Penn's neglect of her seemingly fatherless children is well-intentioned/accidental. Daisy's father - not so excusable.
* PromotionToParent Initially it's actually poor little ''Piper'' who takes on most of the practical responsibility for keeping everyone alive, later, as things get too much for any nine-year-old to handle, Daisy steps up.
* TheQuietOne: Isaac. Edmond gets more said without words, too.
* TheDeterminator: Something else Daisy discovers about herself.
* {{Telepathy}}: Edmond. Because why not?
* TitleDrop: The closing lines of the book.\\
''After all this time, I know exactly where I belong. Here. With Edmond. And that's how I live now.''
* TwinTelepathy: Isaac seems to be mildly telepathic where Edmond is concerned, though Edmond's never-named ability is clearly much stronger.
** It's implied that Isaac's telepathy only works on his twin and on animals, which explains how he was so good handling them. Edmond's power just seemed to be straight-up telepathy.
* WorldWarThree: A very small, close-up view of it. Daisy's never very clear exactly what's going on or why.
* WickedStepmother: Davina. As Daisy puts it, "If she was making even the slightest attempt to address centuries of bad press for stepmothers, she scored a Big Fat Zero."
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