- Pregnancy, Fiction, Teacher-student relationships, Secrecy
"A breathtaking and redemptive novel from the award-winning and Man Bookernominated author Donal Ryan Melody Shee is alone and in trouble. At 33 years-old, she finds herself pregnant with the child of a 17 year-old Traveller boy, Martin Toppy, and not by her husband Pat.
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Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and overwhelming.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Donal Ryan, Ana Crespo Bordes
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 237
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press, Sajalín editores, SAJALÍN
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780143131045
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