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The Playground
Julia Kelly
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Description for The Playground
Paperback. A funny and moving novel about a single mother finding her independence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 198.
Eve is starting again.
Newly single, unemployed and with a baby daughter, she joins the local mums trying to make their nearby playground the heart of the community. But not all games are innocent - and not all friends are true. When the rules change, Eve must forge her own independence - and realise that the playground is no place to hide from adulthood.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784291358
SKU
V9781784291358
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Julia Kelly
Julia Kelly was born in 1969, studied English, Sociology and Journalism in Dublin, and escaped to London for the mad, bad years of life. Her first novel, With My Lazy Eye, won her the Sunday Independent Best Irish Newcomer of the Year Award. She now lives in Bray, County Wicklow with her partner and their little girl.
Reviews for The Playground
Dazzling ... It's a funny, sometimes heartbreaking insight into how a young mother struggles to cope ... Absolutely captivating'
Irish Independent
Julia Kelly is surely the freshest voice in Irish fiction since the wonderful early novels of Edna O'Brien. This is a future to watch
John Banville
Searingly honest, uncomfortably so ... Anatomises the aftermath of ... Read more
Irish Independent
Julia Kelly is surely the freshest voice in Irish fiction since the wonderful early novels of Edna O'Brien. This is a future to watch
John Banville
Searingly honest, uncomfortably so ... Anatomises the aftermath of ... Read more