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Description for The Boy Between
Paperback. Mags keeps everything safe in the box. Letters. Postcards. Photographs. Each memento plays a role in the secret story that's always in her thoughts. A story that can't remain hidden forever. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 226. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
When Orla is handed an envelope by her father, she is perplexed by what she finds - a photograph of her parents, taken the summer she was born. Her heavily expectant mother, unusually, is smiling. Between her parents stands a teenage boy, her mother's arm lovingly around him. Orla later asks her father about the boy's identity, but he refuses to be drawn. Her mother's mood is low again and he doesn't want her upset. So begins the daughter's investigation, back to the summer of 1983, and the story of a young English boy on holidays in rural Ireland. ... Read more
When Orla is handed an envelope by her father, she is perplexed by what she finds - a photograph of her parents, taken the summer she was born. Her heavily expectant mother, unusually, is smiling. Between her parents stands a teenage boy, her mother's arm lovingly around him. Orla later asks her father about the boy's identity, but he refuses to be drawn. Her mother's mood is low again and he doesn't want her upset. So begins the daughter's investigation, back to the summer of 1983, and the story of a young English boy on holidays in rural Ireland. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Castleknock, Ireland
ISBN
9781473618084
SKU
KJE0003289
Shipping Time
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About Susan Stairs
Susan Stairs lives in Dublin with her family. She is the acclaimed author of The Story of Before and The Boy Between. www.susanstairs.com
Reviews for The Boy Between
The Boy Between is a powerful, moving story that stays with the reader long after the last page has been read. Stairs has most assuredly confirmed her place within the voices of quality Irish fiction - Irish Independent It's an un-put-down-able mystery with an unexpectedly emotional impact - Stellar magazine on The Boy Between ... Read more