false 2856645 8 Digging for peat in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she’s been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him -- his brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his parents arguing over the Troubles, and him in it up to the neck, blackmailed into acting as courier to God knows what -- a little voice comes to him in his dreams, and the mystery of the bog child unfurls. 2882779 book 9 9 2008 Bog Child total:307|5:77|4:132|3:68|2:23|1:7| 307 1170 674 117 5 1 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 05:28:17 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 08:11:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:51:52 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:57:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 05:01:26 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 19:04:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 29 11:18:29 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 11:18:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 08:09:20 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 08:23:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 19:24:24 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 19:46:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 15:04:05 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 16:20:24 -0700 2009
Dowd's style is simple, but beautiful - like being gently cushioned and guided through the story she tells.

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I was (and still am) captivated by Fergus’s story. Dowd weaves together 4 intricate plot lines (thatâ€...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 17 14:05:23 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 14:05:36 -0800 2008 more...]]>