Cloud girls : a novel /
Harding, Lisa,
Cloud girls : a novel / Lisa Harding. - First edition. - 385 pages ; 24 cm
"Originally published as Harvesting in Ireland in 2017 by New Island Books." -- Title page verso.
"Sassy, streetwise Sammy is falling through the cracks. Neglected by an alcoholic mother, the problems she endures at school and home lead her to act out, seeking attention from unseemly adults when what she wants most is protection. Meanwhile, in a small Eastern European village, sweet Nico is about to turn 13. As her family falls upon desperate times, her father receives an offer of money to marry her off. But when she's shuttled across the border into Ireland, she and Sammy find one another in a suburban brothel that is to be their new 'home.' As Nico and Sammy journey into this dark underbelly and out the other side, their friendship forms a potent bond. Heartbreaking and breathtakingly beautiful, Cloud Girls exposes the failings of polite society and the cruelty that exists beneath its surface, yet reminds us that goodness and love can flourish in the darkest times"--
9780063270282 0063270285 9780063270299 0063270293
2022028399
Human trafficking--Ireland--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Abuse of--Fiction.
Prostitution--Fiction.
Sexually abused girls--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Dublin (Ireland)--Fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.
Cloud girls : a novel / Lisa Harding. - First edition. - 385 pages ; 24 cm
"Originally published as Harvesting in Ireland in 2017 by New Island Books." -- Title page verso.
"Sassy, streetwise Sammy is falling through the cracks. Neglected by an alcoholic mother, the problems she endures at school and home lead her to act out, seeking attention from unseemly adults when what she wants most is protection. Meanwhile, in a small Eastern European village, sweet Nico is about to turn 13. As her family falls upon desperate times, her father receives an offer of money to marry her off. But when she's shuttled across the border into Ireland, she and Sammy find one another in a suburban brothel that is to be their new 'home.' As Nico and Sammy journey into this dark underbelly and out the other side, their friendship forms a potent bond. Heartbreaking and breathtakingly beautiful, Cloud Girls exposes the failings of polite society and the cruelty that exists beneath its surface, yet reminds us that goodness and love can flourish in the darkest times"--
9780063270282 0063270285 9780063270299 0063270293
2022028399
Human trafficking--Ireland--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Abuse of--Fiction.
Prostitution--Fiction.
Sexually abused girls--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Dublin (Ireland)--Fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.