How to Build a Boat

Elaine Feeney
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This is the story of a remarkable boy and his search for his mother, told with warmth, tenderness, and flair. Elaine Feeney's high-profile champions include Douglas Stuart, Margaret Atwood, Marian Keyes, Roddy Doyle, Naoise Dolan, Kevin Barry, Sinead Gleeson, Nicole Flattery, Lisa McInerney and Claire Louise Bennett
Genres: FictionIrelandIrish LiteratureLiterary FictionContemporaryBook ClubAudiobookComing Of AgeNovelsMental Health
298 Pages

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