Siobhan Dowd Quotes

Siobhan Dowd was a British writer and activist. The last book she completed, Bog Child, posthumously won the 2009 Carnegie Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best book for children or young adults published in the U.K. Wikipedia

✵ 4. February 1960 – 21. August 2007

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Bog Child

Bog Child

Siobhan Dowd

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Siobhan Dowd Quotes

“The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat and toil, ten per cent joy.”

Siobhan Dowd book Bog Child

Source: Bog Child

Life , Books , Kiss , Laughter

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