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My Dad Is Ten Years Old
by
Mark O'Sullivan (Goodreads Author)
His name is Jimmy. They told us not to call him Dad any more. It might freak him out.
The accident changed everything. Once, my Dad was the perfect father. We were the perfect family. Now he's got the mind of a ten-year-old.
From one crazy day to the next, we lose a little more of the man we knew and loved.
And then a shocking discovery about his past makes us question everyt...more
The accident changed everything. Once, my Dad was the perfect father. We were the perfect family. Now he's got the mind of a ten-year-old.
From one crazy day to the next, we lose a little more of the man we knew and loved.
And then a shocking discovery about his past makes us question everyt...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
June 2nd 2011
by Puffin
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I wasn't impressed at all by this one. The premise was very good and it sounded like this book was going to be very interesting, but I actually found it to be pretty dull - I just didn't feel that anything exciting happened. Another thing to point out is that this book is overtly Irish - the word 'pure' is repeated all the time (which became very annoying) as are other phrases. However, these phrases are also used in England, mainly by chavs. I realise that it's different, but it just made me fe...more
I really enjoyed this. It was well worth the read and I'm glad I picked it up. It gets harder and harder to find truly original stories and this book was certainly different to anything I've read before. It follows the life of a family after the father is brain damaged during an accident. The storyteller- Eala- felt very real and was easy to identify with. She didn't hold back her thoughts, good or bad, which made her come across as very genuine. The story itself was good, interesting and compel...more
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I am truly enthralled with this story, a heart wrenching Irish tale. So so well written, I just can't put it down! One of those books where the story is so sad you can't keep reading it, but at the same time you just can't stop. I highly recommend this book to anybody.
I loved this book, it was so powerful to read. It was easy to relate to the characters, especially Jimmy and Eala. I finished this in approximately 2 hours, I couldn't tear my eyes away from the pages! This is now on of my all time favourite books.
An excellent book. I cried like a baby.
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