LULLABIES FOR LITTLE CRIMINALS by Heather O'Neill, Patricia Rodriguez ( 9781847243935 )

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Title:

LULLABIES FOR LITTLE CRIMINALS

By:

Heather O'Neill, Patricia Rodriguez

Format:

Paperback

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£9.99

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£7.29

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ISBN 10:

1847243932

ISBN 13:

9781847243935

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Publisher:

QUERCUS PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

1 June, 2008

Pages:

384

Description:

Shortlisted for the Women's Fiction Prize, the startling story of a girl who has to bring herself up

Synopsis:

'Like Angela Carter, she is relentlessly inventive' Sunday Times'Full of pathos, spirit and iridescent innocence' Independent on SundayThe first novel by the author of The Lonely Hearts Hotel12-year-old Baby is used to turmoil in her life. Her mother is long dead, her father is a junkie and they shuttle between rotting apartments and decrepit downtown hotels. As her father's addiction and paranoia grow worse, she begins a journey that will lead her through chaos and hardship; but Baby's remarkable strength of spirit enables her to survive. Smart, funny and determined to lift herself off the city's dirty streets, she knows that the only person she can truly rely upon is herself.

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Imprint:

Quercus Publishing

Prizes:

Winner of Canada Reads 2007 Short-listed for Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008

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Returnable

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