Pigtopia - Kitty Fitzgerald

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Title
Pigtopia
Author
Kitty Fitzgerald
format
Hardback
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20050915

Mam says that dad was pigflesh and pigmind, a huge mucky porker that nabbed her by force, then jogtrotted off beyond the farlands when he understood what had been hatchedJack is a freak kept away from school in his youth and shunned by his local community in adulthood due to his terrible physical deformities. Holly is a young girl growing up alone with her mother, facing the pains and frustrations of a belated adolescence and of having to deal with the the threat she sees posed by her mums new boyfriendWhen these two lonely souls unexpectedly come together, and form a bond around the pigs that Jack rears in secret, they realise they must keep their friendship hidden from the prejudices and intolerance of those around them. But with Jacks abusive mother dying, and with Hollys supposed best-friend, Samantha, determined to cause trouble, how long can they keep their secret?Part dark moral fable and part domestic drama, Pigtopia is a tale of violence and foreboding. It is also though a story of compassion, escape and the faint hope of redemption. Narrated alternately by the beautifully rendered voices of Jack and Holly, it will be loved by anyone who has ever felt shunned or alone.

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Kitty Fitzgerald was born in Ireland and raised in Yorkshire. She has written radio drama for the BBC, for the theatre and for film, as well as fiction and poetry. She lives in Northumberland.

Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
Social isolation - Fiction.|Swine - Fiction.
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
288

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