Come Back, Paddy Riley - Softcover

Birch, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860497276 ISBN 13: 9781860497278

Publisher: Virago Press Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Into Anita and her mother's life comes Paddy Riley, a young Irish lad whose motto is "the only crime in life is not to take up a good opportunity". Anita's mother is the opportunity until a lie of Anita's tragically catches them all. Now an adult, Anita meets her own Paddy Riley.

About this title

About the Author

Carol Birch was born in 1951 in Manchester and went to Keele University. She has lived in London, southwest Ireland and now Lancaster. For her first novel, LIFE IN THE PALACE, she won the 1988 David Higham Award for the Best First Novel of the Year. In 1991 she won the prestigious Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize with THE FOG LINE.

Edition details

• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860497276
• ISBN 13: 9781860497278
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288