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By Roddy Doyle

ISBN-10: 0140171673

ISBN-13: 9780140171679

Twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. She's additionally single, residing at domestic, operating in a supermarket, and maintaining the father's id a mystery. Her personal father, Jimmy Sr., is surprised by means of the inside track. Her mom says little or no. Her associates and associates all need to know whose "snapper" Sharon is sporting.
In his gleaming moment novel, Roddy Doyle observes the development of Sharon's being pregnant and its effect at the Rabbitte family—especially on Jimmy Sr.—with wit, candor, and miraculous authenticity.

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I don’t think we should get out of our depth. ’ ‘It may never happen,’ Homer said. Fi looked troubled. ‘We’ve done so well when we stayed in our own district and did what we could there. We can’t do everything. ’ ‘I just don’t know if there’s any point,’ I said, joining in. ‘This war looks hopeless. ’ ‘Yeah, we’re on a hiding to nothing,’ Lee said. It was unusual for Lee to have so little fight in him, but he was in one of his depressions. Sooner or later the killing of the soldier at the well had to catch up with him, and I think now it had.

At that moment I’d say we were about seven years old. Kevin’s story forced us to grow up again fast, though. It wasn’t a very funny story but it was the first detailed description we’d had of life on the inside. ‘OK, I’ll go right back, then. After Corrie and I left you guys at Elbe’s place – my God, it feels like years ago. That night: it all changed after that night. ’ He looked down into his cup without drinking from it. ‘We got to the hospital about two in the morning. I drove so slowly. I was scared she’d die in the back seat, and I kept looking over my shoulder to see how she was doing.

I lost my grip on his arm and he brought it up to his throat but it did him no good; Lee was implacable. The man’s face was mottled now, dark red with patches of white, getting darker by the moment. A horrible gurgling noise came from his mouth, like someone trying to gargle but doing it in the mouth instead of the throat. I didn’t, couldn’t watch any longer, but looked away, towards the beautiful bush, the bush that I loved. Did these things happen in the bush? Did animals and birds kill each other in cold blood because of fights over territory?

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