Swift Pure Cry

Reissued in Penguin's ORIGINALS series of iconic teen fiction.

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, charming, eloquent and persuasive. But when Declan suddenly leaves Ireland to seek his fortune in America, Shell finds herself pregnant and the centre 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.

Reeditata in seria de fictiuni iconice pentru adolescenti Penguin’s ORIGINALS. Dupa moartea mamei lui Shell, tatal ei obsesiv religios coboara in doliu alcoolic, iar Shell este lasata sa aiba grija de fratele si sora ei mai mica. Singura ei eliberare de duritatea vietii de zi cu zi vine din prietenia ei spirituala in devenire cu un tanar preot naiv si, cel mai important, din relatia sa de dezvoltare cu prietenul copilariei, Declan, fermecator, elocvent si convingator.