$29.20
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2009
Summary
Aged thirteen, Martha is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather, Jackser, and her feckless mother, Sally. After numerous arrests for shoplifting, a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school with the instruction that she is to get an education.
Her initial relief at escaping the abuse and neglect she suffered at home is, however, short-lived, as she soon realises that there are many forms of cruelty in this life. As she says, ‘You can have a full be…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845964498 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1845964497 |
| Author: | Martha Long |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Mainstream Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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[Martha’s] humour, verve and inextinguishable spark of hope always shine through, which is what makes her book so appealing
[Martha’s] humour, verve and inextinguishable spark of hope always shine through, which is what makes her book so appealing * Irish Independent *
A born survivor, Martha is undoubtedly also a born storyteller * The Star *
About The Author
Martha Long
Martha Long was born in Dublin in the early 1950s and still lives there today. She has written seven critically acclaimed volumes of autobiography, including the bestselling Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes. Run, Lily, Run is her fiction debut.
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