12 year old Mary's beloved grandmother is near the end of her life.
Letting go is hard - until Granny's long-dead mammy appears. Her
ghost has returned to help her dying daughter say goodbye to the
ones she loves. But first she needs to take them all on a road
trip to the past. A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL is a perfectly-pitched,
funny and tender tale about four generations of an Irish family,
and the special bonds between mothers and daughters. It will entrance
readers from 10 to adult.
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Bestselling author Roddy Doyle is acclaimed across the world. He was born in Dublin in 1958 and still lives there today. Much of his work, including Brilliant , is set in the city and is about the unexpected, and often challenging, lives of ordinary Irish people - but it appeals to readers all over the world.
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