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A Good Hiding
Shirley-Anne Mcmillan
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Description for A Good Hiding
Paperback. In a church in Belfast at Christmas, a boy, a girl, and a priest are in hiding. Fear keeps secrets. Life demands the truth. Which would you choose? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 202.
Nollaig has survived life in Belfast with her alcoholic dad on wits, courage and the gift of the gab. But now she's frightened: not for herself, but for the baby she's secretly carrying. She decides to run away. She finds refuge in the little-used crypt of a local church. She plans to stay there until after Christmas, when she'll be sixteen and free to leave home for good. The only person she tells about her pregnancy, her plans, and her hiding place is her best friend Stephen. He knows only too well how ... Read more
Nollaig has survived life in Belfast with her alcoholic dad on wits, courage and the gift of the gab. But now she's frightened: not for herself, but for the baby she's secretly carrying. She decides to run away. She finds refuge in the little-used crypt of a local church. She plans to stay there until after Christmas, when she'll be sixteen and free to leave home for good. The only person she tells about her pregnancy, her plans, and her hiding place is her best friend Stephen. He knows only too well how ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
ATOM
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349002514
SKU
V9780349002514
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About Shirley-Anne Mcmillan
Shirley-Anne McMillan was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. She studied at Queen's University, Belfast and Manchester Metropolitan University. Shirley-Anne wrote and performed with Belfast-based arts group, Ikon, for several years and she currently lives in South Down where she spends her time as a writer, schools worker and mum.
Reviews for A Good Hiding
A commendable message, delivered without finger-wagging, in a brisk and breezy novel that, despite the heavy subject matter, had me laughing aloud more than once.
Irish Independent
A compellingly realistic and contemporary narrative
Belfast Telegraph
Irish Independent
A compellingly realistic and contemporary narrative
Belfast Telegraph