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Petru and Elvira Tomescu and their young son, Litovoi, are a Romanian family, desperate to start afresh in a new country. Yet their past has already caught up with them, and three-year-old Litovoi is about to pay a terrible price ...Gregor Blerinca is Petru Tomescu's boss, and a dangerous criminal. Shane knows, when he asks Blerinca for help with the Tomescus, that he will owe the gangster a favour. But when Blerinca comes to him for advice about his fifteen-year-old son, Vladimir, Shane gets much more than he bargained for ...Edgar is a twelve-year-old boy whom nobody wants, not even the staff at the residential unit where he lives. Shane tries to befriend him, but Edgar is no ordinary boy, and Shane becomes locked in a struggle to save this damaged child from himself. But then Edgar's mother reveals a secret that changes everything ...Melanie is Edgar's social worker, and an old friend of Shane's. When he meets her to discuss working with the troubled boy, she seems tired and upset. Gradually, Shane begins to realise that her problems run far deeper ...We know there are too many stories like these happening in Ireland today. Discover how one man tried to make a difference.
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Shane Dunphy worked in social care, and specifically as a child care worker, for over fifteen years. During this time he worked extensively with children and their families. He is widely recognised as one of the leading experts in child protection in Ireland and is a regular contributor to television, radio and print on the subject. Deeply moving and often harrowing, his writing provides a thought-provoking insight into the lives of some of the families who live within the social care system. His books have achieved critical acclaim nationwide. Wednesday's Child was his first book and other books include Crying in the Dark, Hush, Little Baby, TheBoy in the Cupboard, Will Mummy Be Coming Back for Me?, Little Boy Lost and The Girl Who Couldn't Smile.
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- PublisherGill & MacMillan
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0717143856
- ISBN 13 9780717143856
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- Number of pages232
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