A history of running away
McGrath, Paula2017
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In 1982, Jasmine wants to box, but in 1980s Ireland boxing is illegal for girls. In 2012, a gynaecologist agonises about a job offer which would mean escape from the increasingly fraught atmosphere of her Dublin hospital. But what about her mother, stuck in a nursing home? And in Maryland, Ali, whose mother has recently died, hooks up with a biker gang to escape from grandparents she didn't know she had.
Main title:
A history of running away / Paula McGrath.
Author:
McGrath, Paula, author
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2017.
Collation:
248 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781473641754 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1273470