With My Lazy Eye by Julia Kelly
Lucy's a misfit. She's growing up in a large family in a semi-detached house, dreaming of being someone else and making her father proud. It's not looking promising. And when a family crisis looms, it might just be too late.
'Julia Kelly is surely the freshest voice in Irish fiction since the wonderful early novels of Edna O'BrienThis is a future to watch' John Banville. * John Banville *
Charmingly perceptive, laugh-out-loud funny…nothing short of a treat - Cecelia Ahern. * Cecelia Ahern *
A page-turner. Kelly's acute observations about adolescence ring true, the reader will laugh… This is a stunning debut - Irish Examiner. * Irish Examiner *
Confident? Skilful? Full of observations to die for? It's all of those and laugh-out-loud funny as well - Irish Times. * Irish Times *
Charmingly perceptive, laugh-out-loud funny…nothing short of a treat - Cecelia Ahern. * Cecelia Ahern *
A page-turner. Kelly's acute observations about adolescence ring true, the reader will laugh… This is a stunning debut - Irish Examiner. * Irish Examiner *
Confident? Skilful? Full of observations to die for? It's all of those and laugh-out-loud funny as well - Irish Times. * Irish Times *
Julia Kelly was born in 1969, studied English, Sociology and Journalism in Dublin, and escaped to London for the mad, bad years of life. She now lives in Bray, County Wicklow. This is her first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847249463 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847249469 |
| Title | With My Lazy Eye |
| Author | Julia Kelly |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-08-06 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Winner of International Education Services Irish Newcomer of the Year Award 2008, Short-listed for Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award 2008 |
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