“Looking for Alibrandi” is a contemporary novel about a 17 year old Catholic girl, Josephine Alibrandi, who was in her final year at school. Her life was turned upside down when her father came into her life for the first time, her close friend committed suicide, family secrets came out and she encountered love. During the course of the novel she had to deal with issues such as illegitimacy, racism and class differences at school. I will be focusing on the part of the novel when her father came into her life for the first time, and the way she reacted to this issue.
Before Josie had even met her father, she hated him and