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The Snapper
Author: Roddy Doyle

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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780140171679 - ISBN-10: 0140171673
Publication Date: 8/1/1992
Pages: 224

Book Description:
Meet the Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family is forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy. But the question remains: which friend of the family is the father of Sharon's child?

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Sherri B. (dremiel) wrote on 9/14/2005...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Warm and funny account of an Irish family dealing with a daughter's pregnancy. Snapper is slang for baby.


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Lana J. wrote on 3/11/2007...


"Very, very funny .... The most amazing account of a pregnancy ever written." --- Maeve Binchy

Janice A. wrote on 5/14/2006...


Twenty year old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. Shes also unmarried, living at home, working in a grocery store, and keeping the identity of the father a secret. Her own father, Jimmy Sr., is shocked by the news. Her mother says little. Her friends and neighbors all want to know whose "snapper" shes carrying.


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