A history of running away
By: Paula McGrath
Publisher: John Murray (Publishers)
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781473641754; 9781473641761; 9781473641778
Description: In 1982, Jasmine wants to box, but in 1980s Ireland boxing is illegal for girls. In 2012, a gynaecologist agonises about a job offer which would mean escape from the increasingly fraught atmosphere of her Dublin hospital. But what about her mother, stuck in a nursing home? And in Maryland, Ali, whose mother has recently died, hooks up with a biker gang to escape from grandparents she didn't know she had.