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Wednesday's Child

Shane Dunphy

In three amazing stories childcare worker Shane Dunphy reveals a world of hidden heartbreak and survival against the odds.

When Shane meets her, Gillian is starving herself to death and in thrall to a mother more interested in abusing and manipulating her daughter than cherishing and protecting her. Though he tries to help, it seems Shane is just another adult destined to fail Gillian ...

For the daughter of disturbed violent parents, Connie is an amazingly well-adjusted A-grade student. But when Shane finally gets behind the facade, he unearths a shattering truth behind her apparent normality ...

Cordelia, Victor and Ibar are three loving siblings left with a hopelessly alcoholic neglectful father. It’s a race against time to see if their father can ever become the kind of Dad he wants to be, or if they are destined to be split up and sucked into the childcare merry-go-round ...

GenresDunphy, ShaneSociology & AnthropologySocial workersIrelandDysfunctional familiesCase studies

290 pages, 7 editions

English edition · First published 2006 by Penguin Ireland · ISBN 9780141900735

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Editions

7 editions

English

  • Wednesday's Child · Penguin Ireland · 2007 · ISBN 9780141900735 This page
  • Wednesday's Child · Penguin Books, Limited · 2011 · ISBN 9780241956571
  • Wednesday's Child · M.H. Gill & Company U. C. · 2009 · ISBN 9780717146109
  • Wednesday's Child · Penguin Ireland · 2007 · ISBN 9781844881413
  • Wednesday's Child · Gill & Macmillan · 2006 · ISBN 9780717140060
  • Wednesday's Child · Gill Books · 2006 · ISBN 9780717159123
  • Wednesday's Child · Penguin · ISBN 9781844882564

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