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Title:
Ordinary human failings : a novel
Author:
Nolan, Megan, author.
Edition:
First North American edition.
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
Physical Description:
217 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780316567787
Abstract:
When a ten-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about their past in this psychologically keen story about class, trauma, and family secrets. From the author of 'Acts of Desperation' (a Dewey Diva pick), which won the Betty Trask award and was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. A Dewey Diva Pick.
General Note:
"Originally published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape, July 2023"--Title page verso.
Subject Term:
Children -- Death -- Fiction.

Family secrets -- Fiction.

Immigrant families -- Fiction.

Irish -- England -- London -- Fiction.

Journalists -- Fiction.

Reporters and reporting -- Fiction.

Tabloid newspapers -- Fiction.
Geographic Term:
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Novels.
Language:
English
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