A swift pure cry

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309 pages

English language

Published April 10, 2007 by David Fickling Books.

ISBN:
978-0-385-75108-7
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OCLC Number:
70864388

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Coolbar, Ireland, is a village of secrets and Shell, caretaker to her younger brother and sister after the death of their mother and with the absence of their father, is not about to reveal hers until suspicion falls on the wrong person.

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reviewed A swift pure cry by Siobhan Dowd

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Warning: contains a spoiler.

Beautifully written with memorable characters but should come with a big red DEAD BABIES AHEAD warning. Much much worse because the description is so vivid and also so necessary to the plot.

I cried for the last 1/4 of the book.

Subjects

  • Problem families -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Fathers -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Family problems -- Fiction.
  • Ireland -- Juvenile fiction.