by Anna Burns (Author)
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2002
A stunning debut novel about a little girl growing up in Belfast, from the author of the Man Booker Prize winning novel, Milkman.
'Marvellous: shocking, moving, evocative' Daily Mail
Every single night and every single day Amelia goes upstairs to look at her treasure: a miniature plastic sheep, a Black Queen chess piece, a penny prayer for serenity, a tube of glitter - and thirty-seven black rubber bullets she's collected ever since the British Army started firing them...
Author Biography
Anna Burns was born in Belfast in 1962. She moved to London in 1987.
Number of Pages: 336
Dimensions: 0.84 x 8 x 5 IN
Publication Date: April 15, 2002