| Author: |
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John Hawkes
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| Title: |
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An Irish Eye |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
| Binding: |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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256 |
| Date: |
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1998-11-01 |
| ISBN: |
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0140267581 |
| Publisher: |
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Penguin Books |
| Weight: |
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0.4 pounds |
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0.47 x 5.16 x 7.7 inches |
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2 lollie (USA: IN), Vince (USA: MD) |
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2 Debbie (USA: CA), Britt (USA: NH) |
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Product Description
Dervia O'Shannon, the 13-year-old who tells this tale, finds herself at the dawn of true womanhood when the children of Saint Martha's Home for Foundling Girls embark on a series of festive visits to Saint Clement's Home for Old Soldiers. There Dervia meets Corporal Stack, a wry malcontent and veteran of the First World War old enough to be Dervia's grandfather. What follows is a hilarious account of courtship involving Dervia's outrageously untrue letters to her Foundling Mother (Dervia is a born liar, says Corporal Stack), the shocking injury that befalls Corporal Stack, and the pair's captivity in the near ruin of Great Manor, an Anglo-Irish estate inhabited only by the "young mistress" (a girl very like Dervia herself), her drunken brother, and a host of desolate babies. "An Irish Eye" is part myth, part tall tale, and part children's story intended only for adults - a rare achievement in its rendition of Dervia's "Irish" voice.
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