Come Back, Paddy Riley
Author: Carol Birch
ISBN: 9781844087983
Publisher: Little Brown
Year first published: 13 Sep 2011
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
Anita's mother was the mermaid in the Belle Vue Fair Freak Show. Into their lives came Paddy Riley, a young Irish lad whose motto was 'the only crime in life is not to take up a good opportunity'.The opportunity was Anita's mother - hungry for love and romance. Their secret is safe until young Anita, their go-between, spins a jealous lie that tragically catches them all.Now grown with children of her own, Anita has found a kind of peace with a sweet husband and the past is past until a man not unlike Paddy Riley comes to their town. It's an 'opportunity' that Anita cannot, for the life of her, seem to resist.
ISBN: 9781844087983
Publisher: Little Brown
Year first published: 13 Sep 2011
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
Anita's mother was the mermaid in the Belle Vue Fair Freak Show. Into their lives came Paddy Riley, a young Irish lad whose motto was 'the only crime in life is not to take up a good opportunity'.The opportunity was Anita's mother - hungry for love and romance. Their secret is safe until young Anita, their go-between, spins a jealous lie that tragically catches them all.Now grown with children of her own, Anita has found a kind of peace with a sweet husband and the past is past until a man not unlike Paddy Riley comes to their town. It's an 'opportunity' that Anita cannot, for the life of her, seem to resist.
