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Snapper
Snapper | Roddy Doyle
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Twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. She's also unmarried, living at home, working in a grocery store, and keeping the father's identity a secret. Her own father, Jimmy Sr., is shocked by the news. Her mother says very little. Her friends and neighbors all want to know whose "snapper" Sharon is carrying.In his sparkling second novel, Roddy Doyle observes the progression of Sharon's pregnancy and its impact on the Rabbitte family especially on Jimmy Sr. with wit, candor, and surprising authenticity."
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JacqMac
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Jaysis! That was brilliant. When I was reading it, at 3am, I was worried that my giggling was going to wake people up. I can‘t believe I haven‘t read Roddy Doyle before!
It appears that these are all out of print. Not having the whole trilogy in my library is going to make me a little crazy.
#OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew (I keep forgetting my timer, but I‘m getting a lot of hours in anyway. lol)
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Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 3mo
BookNAround This was such a good giggle, right? I think I might have the whole trilogy from when it came out but it makes me sad it‘s out of print now. 3mo
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Kanesean
The Snapper | Roddy Doyle

This was a thoroughly funny book which reminded me of my trip to Ireland in the 80s.

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zsuzsanna_reads
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Why haven't I read Roddy Doyle before? This novel is really funny. But there is more to it than you'd think at first sight. There is also trauma here and severe limitations by society, overcome by love and a kind of gallow's humour.

After a recent traumatic pregnancy, it also made me remember the good parts for the first time.

Can I just be adopted by the Rabbitte family now?

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Image from the 2018 stage production.

Emilymdxn My fave by Roddy Doyle is the woman who walked into doors - it‘s quite serious and big tw for domestic violence but its a really great, important book that covers dark stuff with a very light hand 5y
zsuzsanna_reads @Emilymdxn That has been on my TBR for at least a decade! Surrey libraries has the Barrytown trilogy on audiobook through RBdigital, which is perfect because I get the proper Irish accents and these books are full of Dublin slang 😀 5y
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candyflossramparts
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Here are my #oranges - thank goodness for Penguin books! #17rainbowbooks 🌈🍊

howjessicareads Jasper Fforde! 😍 7y
candyflossramparts @Jess.how I need to finish up that series! 7y
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