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PUBLISHER: Mainstream Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
ISBN: 9781840182170
RRP: £5.99
PAGES: 176
PUBLICATION DATE:
May 15, 1999
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The Junk Yard: Voices for the Junk Yard
Marsha Hunt
A writer’s workshop for young offenders at Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison is the source of this collection of 15 original Irish stories. They include: Kenno’s loss of his parents to drug-related AIDS; Yogi’s heroin addiction; and Bree’s thoughts as she considers giving up her child for adoption.
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