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Trying to remember a book

L1011 · 2008-06-03 16:49:41

Got reminded of a book I read as a kid there today, just remembered another one that I can only remember a partial plot of, and not the title or anything else... someone else here might though? There was a kid, in England, and his estranged father brought him back to Ireland and I think they were staying in some house out…

03-06-2008 4:49pm

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Got reminded of a book I read as a kid there today, just remembered another one that I can only remember a partial plot of, and not the title or anything else... someone else here might though?

There was a kid, in England, and his estranged father brought him back to Ireland and I think they were staying in some house out the N7 from Dublin. And that, literally, is all I can remember of the plot :

Its probably still in my attic still, mind...

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#2 03-06-2008 10:36pm

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Dunno , but I'd say you'd have more luck on the Literature board than here with that one.

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#3 07-06-2008 6:01pm

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Did he have a sister ? Was there a movie made about it ? The only one I can think of is 'Flight of the Doves'. Jack Wild played the kid in the movie.

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#4 17-08-2008 6:57pm

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Was it 'Joe in the Middle' by Tony Hickey?

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#5 18-08-2008 12:03pm

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abitofacomedian wrote: »

Was it 'Joe in the Middle' by Tony Hickey?

Thats the one - I think. Now to raid my nephews school library, they're bound to have a copy

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