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Come Back, Paddy Riley
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Come Back, Paddy Riley
Contributors:
By (Author) Carol Birch
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:
Virago Press Ltd
Publication Date:
13th September 2011
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Fiction
Main Subject:
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
288
Dimensions:
Width 202mm, Height 135mm, Spine 20mm
Weight:
208g
Description
Anita's mother was the mermaid in the Belle Vue Fair Freak Show. Into their lives came Paddy Riley, a young Irish lad whose motto was 'the only crime in life is not to take up a good opportunity'.
The opportunity was Anita's mother - hungry for love and romance. Their secret is safe until young Anita, their go-between, spins a jealous lie that tragically catches them all.Now grown with children of her own, Anita has found a kind of peace with a sweet husband and the past is past until a man not unlike Paddy Riley comes to their town. It's an 'opportunity' that Anita cannot, for the life of her, seem to resist.Author Bio
Carol Birch was born in 1951 in Manchester. Her first novel, LIFE IN THE PALACE, won the 1988 David Higham Award for the Best First Novel of the Year. In 1991 she won the prestigious Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize with THE FOG LINE.
