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Now Legwarmers - cover

Now Legwarmers

Pascal O'Loughlin

Publisher: Henningham Family Press

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Summary

"On a housing estate called ClonduffSiberia deep in the middle of nowhere really, the body of a horse named RottingDead lies buried in the garden of a house that no family has moved into yet. The body of this horse does not have the head attached but it does have a heart, and its heart is lonely and filled with longing."

John and his Mother, grieving for his Father, move to ClonduffSiberia. John meets Angela at a youth club disco and she introduces him to kissing, Bowie and cigarettes. Suddenly a girl goes missing and the answer seems to lie in the grown-up world of love and loss John is struggling to navigate.

Pursued by, vivid ghosts, anxious visions and ne'er-do-wells, John takes us with him as he finds himself, in the wrong place.
Available since: 07/18/2018.
Print length: 200 pages.

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