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Author:
Walls, Eoghan, author.
Title:
The gospel of Orla / Eoghan Walls.
Publisher:
Seven Stories Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
236 pages ; 21 cm
Subject:
Faith--Fiction.
Grief--Fiction.
Teenagers--Fiction.
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Road fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Summary:
"Fourteen-year-old Orla's mum is dead. She lives in England with her unemployed father and baby sister Lily, but she's planning to run away to live in Northern Ireland, where her mother is buried. Preoccupied with trouble at home and at school, she accidentally crashes her bike into a man who calls himself Jesus and says he is the Son of God. He has never seen a smartphone. He can raise animals from the dead by blowing into their mouths, including Orla's cat Sneaky. Orla convinces Jesus to come with her to Ireland to bring her mum back to life and she teaches him how to ride a bike to get there. But Jesus has plans of his own, and after one of his revivals goes horribly wrong, Orla must decide how far she is willing to go to save her mother. A hilarious coming-of-age story, road novel, and meditation on the mysteries of faith and grief, this debut novel heralds an important new voice in world literature"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
164421282X
9781644212820 (softcover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1371654226
LCCN:
2022033733
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)
S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

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