Broken soup

Blurb

Broken Soup is a children's novel by Jenny Valentine, published in 2008.
It was shortlisted for the 2008 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and the 2008 Costa Book Children's Book Award, and longlisted for the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize. It has also been longlisted for the 2009 Manchester Book Award and nominated for the 2009 Carnegie Medal.
The Daily Telegraph described the book as "a gripping, humorous story". It was given two separate reviews by The Times: Nicolette Jones called it "a life-affirming, witty, romantic read", while Amanda Craig said that Rowan is "a heroine you warm to because of her perceptiveness and total lack of self-pity in a devastating situation." Eleanor Updale, writing in The Guardian, proclaimed it to be "one of this year's unmissable reads", adding that "the writing moves with an athletic spring."