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The Boodyman

by Theresa Lennon Blunt

229 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #05-1820; ISBN 1-4120-6909-2; US$17.95, C$20.64, EUR14.74, £10.32

"Limerick has its Frank McCourt, Dublin its Peter Sheridan, and Kilkenny has Theresa Lennon Blunt. For the memories, the good, the bad and the ugly, thank you Theresa." - The Kilkenny People.

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About the Book

On the road of life we meet many kinds of people, some always happy, some forever sad. Some kind and others mean. But when it boils down to it we are all the same.

The Boodyman explores the lives of certain individuals and their families and the cycle of fear and brutality that too often harries them. This story revolves around a few of them. Delia: Left motherless at five, is obliged to live with a drunken, abusive father whom she appears to idolize, until the day he is found dead at the bottom of a quarry and we learn her true feelings.

Jackie: Whose presence in the town is a mystery to all, is not only an outsider, but has a secret of his own.

Bridie: The sleek and beautiful, gives her heart to Jackie, only to have her dreams shattered when his true character is revealed.

Mary Jane: An orphan, crippled from infancy, and left in the care of a wicked stepmother, is forced to abandon her home and find refuge in a different world.

Other sub, but memorable characters bring their own excitement to the story, as do the valiant little Terrier in his battle with the rat, and a lovable old Donkey who succumbs to the devilment of two thoughtless boys.

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About the Author

Theresa Lennon was born in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1931. At 21 she left for Brighton, England where she met and married her husband Keith Blunt. In 1957 she emigrated to Canada were she currently resides. The Boodyman is Theresa's second book. Judas in Kilkenny, her first book, is published in Canada and U.K.

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