Her Mother's Face - Couverture souple

Doyle, Roddy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1407107879 ISBN 13 : 9781407107875

Editeur : Scholastic, 2009

Synopsis

Siobhan missed her mother dearly. Ever since she had gone, she spent her days reminiscing about the time they spent together. She remembered her mother's voice singing and her mother's hands combing her hair, but no matter how hard Siobhan tried she could never see her mother's face.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1958, Roddy Doyle has become one of the most renown and celebrated Irish authors of the late twentieth century. Doyl received his Bachelor of Arts from St. Finian’s Christian Brothers School in Sutton and went on to University College, Dublin. Upon the completion of his education, Roddy Doyle worked as a Geography and English teacher in Kilbarrack, North Dublin.

Roddy Doyle’s adult novel, Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, a story about a ten-year old boy living Ireland, won Doyle the Booker Prize, the United Kingdom’s greatest literary honor.

Roddy Doyle lives in Ireland with his wife, Belinda and their two children.
Scotland native Freya Blackwood grew up and currently lives in Orange, NSW, about three and a half hours west of Sydney (Australia). Creativity is in her blood. Her mother, Kay, is a painter and jeweler, and her father, John, is an architect. As her grandfather was also a painter, there was ample influence and encouragement in artistic pursuits as she grew up.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Siobhán can remember the way her mother joked. And she can just about feel her mother's hands, lifting her up. But she can't remember her mother's face any more. And her father's too sad to help. Then one day, a mysterious woman appears and tells Siobhán a secret, something that will bring back all that's been forgotten...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scholastic
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1407107879
• ISBN 13: 9781407107875
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Blackwood Freya
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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