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Item Details
| Title:
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A SWIFT PURE CRY
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| By: |
Siobhan Dowd |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0385609701 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780385609708 |
| Publisher: |
RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN'S PUBLISHERS UK |
| Pub. date: |
2 March, 2006 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
After Shell's mother dies, her father descends into alcoholic mourning. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her relationship with childhood friend, Declan. But when Declan suddenly leaves Ireland, Shell finds herself pregnant and the centre of a scandal that rocks the small community in which she lives. |
| Synopsis: |
IRELAND 1984 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 around her will never be the same again. This is a story of love and loss, religious belief and spirituality - it will move the hearts of any who read it. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
David Fickling Books |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Branford Boase Award 2007
Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 2007 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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