Davey darling
By: Paul Shannon
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780143020776
Subjects: Bildungsromans; Families; Fiction
Description: Davey lives with Tiny, his hard-case, beer-drinking father, and Thelma, his long-suffering, tea-drinking mother. Davey is a bit of a hard case himself, constantly getting introuble with the local bully and giving everyone plenty of lip. The act of violence that follows his discovery in the woodshed sends Davey down a troubling path of choices. He knows he should choose the moral option, but then will his family survive?
Notes: Novel.

Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2007 Finalist.