A novel of mothers lost and found, "Wilderness" is part roaring adventure, part family drama - with a charm that's all Roddy Doyle's. While Tom and Johnny are on a husky safari in Finland, their half-sister Grainne stays behind to face the mother who abandoned her. But Tom and Johnny are too caught up in their adventure to think of home - until they find themselves lost in the snow, in a desperate struggle for survival...
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Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1958, Roddy Doyle has become one of the most renown and celebrated Irish authors of the late twentieth century. Doyl received his Bachelor of Arts from St. Finian’s Christian Brothers School in Sutton and went on to University College, Dublin. Upon the completion of his education, Roddy Doyle worked as a Geography and English teacher in Kilbarrack, North Dublin.
Roddy Doyle’s adult novel, Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, a story about a ten-year old boy living Ireland, won Doyle the Booker Prize, the United Kingdom’s greatest literary honor.
Roddy Doyle lives in Ireland with his wife, Belinda and their two children.
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Second Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Summary; As Irish teenager Grainne anxiously prepares for a reunion with her mother who abandoned the family years before, Grainne's half-brothers and their mother take a dogsledding vacation in Finland. Physical Description; 220 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Action and adventure fiction. Adventure and adventurers Fiction. Adventure stories. Dogsledding. Dogsledding Finland Fiction. Families Fiction. Fiction. Finland. Sled dogs Fiction. Wilderness survival. Wilderness survival Fiction. Wilderness survival Finland Fiction. Young adult fiction. Young adult works. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 433001
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Second Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Summary; As Irish teenager Grainne anxiously prepares for a reunion with her mother who abandoned the family years before, Grainne's half-brothers and their mother take a dogsledding vacation in Finland. Physical Description; 220 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Action and adventure fiction. Adventure and adventurers Fiction. Adventure stories. Dogsledding. Dogsledding Finland Fiction. Families Fiction. Fiction. Finland. Sled dogs Fiction. Wilderness survival. Wilderness survival Fiction. Wilderness survival Finland Fiction. Young adult fiction. Young adult works. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 433001
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 224 pages. Cover worn, text lightly tanned. Good clean copyA novel of mothers lost and found, Wilderness is part roaring adventure, part family drama - with a charm that's all Roddy Doyle's. While Tom and Johnny are on a husky safari in Finland, their half-sister Grainne stays behind to face the mother who abandoned her. But Tom and Johnny are too caught up in their adventu re to think of home - until they find themselves lost in the snow, in a desperat e struggle for survival. Editorial Reviews About the Author Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1958, Roddy Doyle has become one of the most renown and celebrated Ir ish authors of the late twentieth century. Doyl received his Bachelor of Arts fr om St. Finian's Christian Brothers School in Sutton and went on to University Co llege, Dublin. Upon the completion of his education, Roddy Doyle worked as a Geo graphy and English teacher in Kilbarrack, North Dublin. Roddy Doyle's adult nov el, Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, a story about a ten-year old boy living Ireland, won D oyle the Booker Prize, the United Kingdom's greatest literary honor. Roddy Doyl e lives in Ireland with his wife, Belinda and their two children. --This text re fers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Seller Inventory # 783z
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