Swift+Pure+Cry

**Swift Pure Cry** //by Siobhan Dowd//

 * Description:** Set in Ireland in 1984, this novel tells a story of a pregnant teenage girl who is left to care for her younger siblings following the death of their mother and their father's descent into an alcoholic depression.

//Source: Borders.com//

The words //pure// and //cry// in the title are apt, for this novel has a lyrical purity to it, and its cry is from the heart. Dowd evokes her setting impressively, and she realizes her characters with a sensitivity that is, at times, breathtaking. Not always easy to read, but well worth it. //-- Booklist//
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//Source: Amazon.com//