Stolen Child (signed)

Kelly, Suzanne

ISBN 10: 1933964758 / ISBN 13: 9781933964751

Published by Bottom Dog Press, Huron, OH, U.S.A., 2013

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Signed by author; fine in softcover; a solid copy; ALL ORDERS SHIPPED WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION; Size: 5 x 8".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stolen Child (signed)
• Publisher: Bottom Dog Press, Huron, OH, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933964758
• ISBN 13: 9781933964751
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Upon finishing Suzanne Kelly�s poetic novel Stolen Child I marvel at how accurately and completely the author captures the complexities of the Irish-American experience. Every page sings with particulars�familiar customs, superstitions, song lyrics, dance steps, history, snippets of the Irish language, clan loyalty, upward mobility, and the fierce Catholicism that spawns the familiar wry humor on one hand and coexists with belief in the faeries on the other. The book is a remarkable read if one is looking for authentic cultural immersion.



Nine-year-old Lucy Fahey is punted to her paternal grandmother during the summer of 1960�as her mother endures a summer of hospitalization for a cancer we see only through Lucy�s eyes�a mysterious force that disrupts the family and removes her from communication. Grandma Fahey is charged with teaching Lucy the catechism which the dreamy girl has failed to master during the school year and she seems a perfect choice�strict, straight-laced, devout to a tee, and armed with defenses that have removed her from her own roots in western Ireland�s County Mayo. The novel is a testament to extended family, especially elder members of the family, who provide the links to culture. ~Mary Minock, author of The Way-Back Room: A Memoir of a Detroit Childhood

About the Author

Suzanne Kelly was raised in suburban Kansas City and has long had an interest in the history of the Irish in America as reflected in songs and stories passed from generation to generation. She comes from a large extended Irish family, one branch of which resides in Kansas City. Suzanne graduated from the University of Kansas with a BA in English and a law degree. She also holds an MA in English from Indiana University. Two Individual Artist Grants from the Montgomery (Ohio) County Arts and Cultural District have supported her work. Having worked as an Assistant Ohio Attorney General and for an online legal publisher, she currently enjoys her position as Lecturer of Law at Wright State University. She lives in Dayton, Ohio with her husband, the poet David Garrison.