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A Swift Pure Cry
Siobhan Dowd
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Description for A Swift Pure Cry
Paperback. After Shell's mother dies, her father descends into alcoholic mourning and she is left to care for her brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her developing relationship with childhood friend, Declan. But when Declan suddenly leaves Ireland, Shell finds herself pregnant and the centre of a scandal. Num Pages: 320 pages, No. BIC Classification: YFB; YXFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
After Shell's mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her budding spiritual friendship with a naive young priest, and most importantly, her developing relationship with childhood friend, Declan, charming, eloquent and persuasive. But when Declan suddenly leaves Ireland to seek his fortune in America, Shell finds herself pregnant and the centre of a scandal that rocks the small community in which she lives, with repercussions across the whole country. The lives of those immediately ... Read more
After Shell's mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her budding spiritual friendship with a naive young priest, and most importantly, her developing relationship with childhood friend, Declan, charming, eloquent and persuasive. But when Declan suddenly leaves Ireland to seek his fortune in America, Shell finds herself pregnant and the centre of a scandal that rocks the small community in which she lives, with repercussions across the whole country. The lives of those immediately ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Definitions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909531185
SKU
V9781909531185
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-32
About Siobhan Dowd
Siobhan Dowd lived in Oxford with her husband, Geoff, before tragically dying from cancer in August 2007, aged 47. She was both an extraordinary writer and an extraordinary person. Siobhan's first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, won the Branford Boase Award and the Eilis Dillon Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Booktrust Teenage Prize. ... Read more
Reviews for A Swift Pure Cry
Movingly written, this is a sad but not a dismal story, given Shell's resilient personality and the support she gets from a generous-hearted priest. This debut novel is a fine and memorable achievement: it never sells its characters short and always stays close to what was thought to have happened at the time
Independent
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