false 437974 10 Ireland 1984.<br><br>After Shell's mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her budding spiritual friendship with a naive young priest, and most importantly, her developing relationship with childhood friend, Declan, who is charming, eloquent, and persuasive. But when Declan suddenly leaves Ireland to seek his fortune in America, Shell finds herself pregnant and the center of a scandal that rocks the small community in which she lives, with repercussions across the whole country. The lives of those immediately around her will never be the same again.<br><br>This is a story of love and loss, religious belief and spirituality&#8212;it will move the hearts of any who read it. 1213488 2006 A Swift Pure Cry total:223|5:55|4:80|3:58|2:22|1:8| 223 821 448 60 5 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 12:03:49 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 12:07:25 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 12:30:07 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 12:30:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 03 08:32:53 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:33:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 16:30:35 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 03:34:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 06:58:47 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 07:03:28 -0700 2009 Bog Child, and the writing in this one holds up to that--but I found the book's structure frustrating. What happens to the main character is awful--but the climax of the book, when the awfulness breaks forth, doesn't come out of what has come befo...more...]]> 5 0 true false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 13:22:10 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 13:27:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 06:24:54 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 16:43:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 12 03:11:22 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 03:11:35 -0700 2008
After her mother died, fifteen-year-old Shell is left to take care of her younger brother and sister and her drunken father. They live in a small Irish village in a little farmhouse. Her mother's death has caused ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 10:06:12 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 13:45:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 21 17:39:01 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 17:45:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 14 12:05:51 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 12:05:57 -0800 2007
After Shell's mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her budding spiritual friendship with a naive young prie...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 09:48:03 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 13:44:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Dec 09 19:08:56 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 10:44:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 14:26:14 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 14:32:07 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 08:45:22 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 08:48:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 18:32:13 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 18:39:58 -0700 2008 great, and I was expecting great. It's basically a coming-of-age novel about a young girl from Ireland who becomes involved in a "scandal" that spins out of control. By the end, everything is fairly neatly righted, and all is well with the w...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 13 14:39:01 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 14:39:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 09:29:50 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 13:51:05 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 14:14:21 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 14:15:26 -0700 2009 http://anotherbookblogwhore.blogspot.com...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 17 17:46:22 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 17:48:05 -0700 2009