Thicker than Water
On sale
16th August 2001
Price: £6.99
Genre
Society & Social Sciences / Society & Culture: General / Social Groups / Age Groups / Age Groups: Children
Selected:
Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781842550564
Stories by Irish writers – including Maeve Binchy
An outstanding collection of twelve coming-of-age stories by Irish and Irish-American writers. Maeve Binchy’s ‘When Grania Grows Up’ pinpoints the moment a girl who believed in happy families loses her innocent faith in people; Marita Conlon-McKenna writes of a teenage romance that triggers hostilities between Catholics and Protestants; the title story by Shane Connaughton deals with macabre humour with a teenage boy rumoured to have committed a murder; and Helena Mullkerns’ ‘Landlocked’ is about an Irish girl waitressing in Texas and beginning to understand the complex dream of immigrant life.
The authors include established writers and some exciting newcomers. In their very different ways each succeeds brilliantly in conveying the universal longing of the young to grow up, to love, and to start a new life.
An outstanding collection of twelve coming-of-age stories by Irish and Irish-American writers. Maeve Binchy’s ‘When Grania Grows Up’ pinpoints the moment a girl who believed in happy families loses her innocent faith in people; Marita Conlon-McKenna writes of a teenage romance that triggers hostilities between Catholics and Protestants; the title story by Shane Connaughton deals with macabre humour with a teenage boy rumoured to have committed a murder; and Helena Mullkerns’ ‘Landlocked’ is about an Irish girl waitressing in Texas and beginning to understand the complex dream of immigrant life.
The authors include established writers and some exciting newcomers. In their very different ways each succeeds brilliantly in conveying the universal longing of the young to grow up, to love, and to start a new life.
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Reviews
"This is a rich, vibrant selection that will offer a most rewarding read to older and younger teenagers."