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2017.
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English
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Cyril Avery is not a real Avery -- or at least, that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he?Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more...
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This Man Booker Prize finalist is "a fast-paced psychological drama . . . of the pain of lost innocence and the price of pursuing the truth" (People).
John Egan is a misfit-"a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant"-who diligently keeps a "log of lies." John's been able to detect lies for as long as he can remember, it's a source of power but also great consternation for a boy so young. With an obsession for the Guinness...
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Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Erin Maguire is a beautiful Irish lass, born from a love affair between a British Lord and her mother. Her mother wants her to use her wonderful voice to break out of this cycle of poverty, but Erin may be about to make the same mistake as her mother. Can she resist the charms and passion of another young Lord? Will her life take a better turn than her mothers?
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