Her Mother's Face - Softcover

Doyle, Roddy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1407107879 ISBN 13: 9781407107875

Publisher: Scholastic, 2012

Synopsis

Siobhan can remember the way her mother joked. And she can just about feel her mother's hands, lifting her up. But she can't remember her mother's face any more. Then one day, a mysterious woman appears and tells Siobhan a secret, something that will bring back all that's been forgotten... 'Roddy Doyle is an absolute genius' J. K. Rowling

About this title

About the Author

Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1958, Roddy Doyle has become one of the most renown and celebrated Irish authors of the late twentieth century. Doyl received his Bachelor of Arts from St. Finian’s Christian Brothers School in Sutton and went on to University College, Dublin. Upon the completion of his education, Roddy Doyle worked as a Geography and English teacher in Kilbarrack, North Dublin.

Roddy Doyle’s adult novel, Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, a story about a ten-year old boy living Ireland, won Doyle the Booker Prize, the United Kingdom’s greatest literary honor.

Roddy Doyle lives in Ireland with his wife, Belinda and their two children.
Scotland native Freya Blackwood grew up and currently lives in Orange, NSW, about three and a half hours west of Sydney (Australia). Creativity is in her blood. Her mother, Kay, is a painter and jeweler, and her father, John, is an architect. As her grandfather was also a painter, there was ample influence and encouragement in artistic pursuits as she grew up.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1407107879
• ISBN 13: 9781407107875
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Blackwood Freya
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32