{"product_id":"bog-child-siobhan-dowd","title":"Bog Child (Siobhan Dowd)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDigging 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBog Child \u003c\/i\u003eis an astonishing novel exploring the sacrifices made in the name of peace, and the unflinching strength of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiobhan Dowd lived in Oxford with her husband, Geoff, before tragically dying from cancer in August 2007, aged 47. She was both an extraordinary writer and an extraordinary person.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSiobhan's first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Swift Pure Cry,\u003c\/i\u003e won the Branford Boase Award and the Eilis Dillon Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Booktrust Teenage Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe London Eye Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2007 NASEN \u0026amp; TES Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award. In March 2008, the book was shortlisted for the prestigious Children's Books Ireland Bisto Awards. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSiobhan's third novel, \u003ci\u003eBog Child\u003c\/i\u003e, was the first book to be posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2008.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eA Monster Calls\u003c\/i\u003e by Patrick Ness was based on an idea of Siobhan's. Her novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Ransom of Dond\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2013, illustrated throughout by Pam Smy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65900588826973,"sku":"K057790991","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5779099100001A.jpg?v=1789200087","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/bog-child-siobhan-dowd","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}