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A Swift Pure Cry

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

A Swift Pure Cry

By Siobhan Dowd

1 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

After Shell's mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister.

Children’s, Teenage and Educational
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction

Book details

ISBN

9781909531185

Publisher

Random House Children's Publishers UK

Published year

2015

Language

Edition

1

Original title

A Swift Pure Cry

Format

Paperback

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