by Siobhan Dowd · Definitions (Young Adult) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099488163
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«A Swift Pure Cry» is the young adult novel by Siobhan Dowd, published by Definitions in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Set in rural Ireland in 1984, the novel follows Shell, a teenager who, after her mother's death, is left to care for her younger siblings while her father sinks into alcoholism. Her friendship with a young priest and her relationship with Declan, a childhood friend, offer her some respite. When Declan emigrates to the United States and Shell discovers she is pregnant, the scandal shakes her small community and changes her life forever.
Novel by author Siobhan Dowd, winner of the Branford Boase Award and shortlisted for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. English edition, recommended for readers aged 12 to 17.
Ideal for young and adult readers seeking a realistic and moving novel about family, adolescence and redemption in a rural Irish setting.
Siobhan Dowd was a British writer and activist. The last book she completed, Bog Child, posthumously won the 2009 Carnegie Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best book for children or young adults published in the UK.
