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DIGGING FOR PEAT in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she’s been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him—his brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his parents arguing over the Troubles, and him in it up to the neck, blackmailed into acting as courier to God knows what—a little voice comes to him in his dreams, and the mystery of the bog child unfurls.
Bog Child is an astonishing novel exploring the sacrifices made in the name of peace, and the unflinching strength of the human spirit.
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One inch from the wall of brown turf, he froze. 'There's something here. In the earth. A hand.' Digging for peat in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds something that makes his heart stop. Curled up deep in the bog is the body of a child. And it looks like she's been murdered.
As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him - his brother on hnger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his mam and da arguing over the Troubles, and him in it up to the neck - a little voice comes to him in his dreams, and the mystery of the bog child unfurls.
Set in Ireland in the 1980s, Bog Child is a powerful novel that explores the sacrifices made in the name of peace, and the unflinching strength of the human spirit.
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Praise for A SWIFT PURE CRY:
'Beautifully written and deeply moving' Guardian
'Brilliant and heartbreaking debut' Irish Post
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- PublisherListening Library (Audio)
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0739385380
- ISBN 13 9780739385388
- BindingAudio CD
- LanguageEnglish
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AudioCD. Condition: Good. 7 AUDIO CDs, polished for your satisfaction for a worthwhile set, withdrawn from the library collection. Library sticker and marking to the case and the CDs. The AUDIO CDs are in individual slots, protected and clear sounding. Enjoy this AUDIO CD performance!. Seller Inventory # 00201211512245
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