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Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes: A Memoir of Dublin in the 1950s
Ma He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes A Memoir of Dublin in the 1950s
Author: Martha Long
When Martha Long's feckless mother hooks up with the Jackser ("that bandy aul bastard"), and starts having more babies, the abuse and poverty in the house grow more acute. Martha is regularly sent out to beg and more often steal, and her wiles (as a child of 7, 8) are often the only thing keeping food on the table. Jackser is a master of paranoi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781609804145
ISBN-10: 1609804147
Publication Date: 10/16/2012
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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