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No Bones by Anna Burns

The shattering and darkly funny debut novel from the author of Milkman, winner of the Man Booker Prize.

This is a book about feelings, family, sex, and Ireland—but dont tell Amelia that. Shes the one growing up in the mad family, in the mad society, who doesnt want to know whats going on. But things are going on: eight-year-olds collecting very peculiar treasure; babies who might be, or might not be, bombs; schoolgirls bringing guns into schoolyards; and, of course, lots of food and bad, bad sex.

If Amelia is to live she needs to change. Can she, though, in a place where people dont know how to look after themselves, and so wouldnt know how to look after one another?