
HellFire
A Novel
Mia Gallagher(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 7. September 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
672 pages
978-1-84488-081-2 (ISBN)
Description
One bright summer's morning in 2003 a young woman, Lucy, recently out of jail, sets out on a journey around Dublin, trying to make sense of her troubled life. She tells of the rise and fall, over three generations, of her family, whose businesses were clairvoyance and street-trading, and she recalls the twists and turns that led her into addiction, madness and jail. In particular, she relives her relationship with a charismatic and dangerous young gangster, Nayler, who still haunts her and to whom she addresses her story. Lucy's journey turns into a pilgrimage back to a haunted place and to the worst life of her night. But it may be a pilgrimage that saves her as she finally faces down the ghosts of her past.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
694 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84488-081-2 (9781844880812)
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Person
Prize-winning author, Mia Gallagher, has been writing since the age of eight. She has also acted, directed, taught drama and creative writing, and worked in prisons, both as an artists' model and a teacher. She lives in Dublin. HellFire is her first novel.