
The Lighthouse
Chris Binchy(Author)
New Island Books (Publisher)
Published on 31. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
100 pages
978-1-905494-81-1 (ISBN)
Description
Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers. A young boy waits for his father to come home from England at the weekends. During the week he and his mother are alone in the house. His parents don't get on, and he feels angry and alone. He begins to sniff petrol from a can in the garden shed. It changes his world and makes everything bright and beautiful. But in reality, things are getting worse and worse.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-905494-81-1 (9781905494811)
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Person
Chris Binchy is the author of People Like Us, Open-handed, and The Very Man, which was short-listed for the Irish Novel of the Year Award. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.