Bog Child

Name: Bog Child
Author: Siobhan Dowd
ISBN: 9781909531178

by Siobhan Dowd

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Digging for peat in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she's been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him - his brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his parents arguing over the Troubles, and him in it up to the neck, blackmailed into acting as courier to God knows what, a little voice comes to him in his dreams, and the mystery of the bog child unfurls.

Bog Child is an astonishing novel exploring the sacrifices made in the name of peace, and the unflinching strength of the human spirit.

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Softcover

Pages

336

Price

13.00 €

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Unknown User•

Sep 15, 2024

I read this for a college module in Young Adult Literature. Its an interesting story set around 1981 on the Northern Ireland/ Republic of Ireland border, and during the troubles. Fergus finds a body which turns out to be a Bog Body from 80 Ad and the story begins. It resonates well with the stories I have read or heard about the troubles and the bog body theme was amazing. It jumps back to the life of the bog body who is called "Mel" and you get to know her story too. In a nut shell, I loved it.

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