Cozy crime set in SIDMOUTH, Devon
Dad’s Red Dress
Location(s): Dublin
Genre(s): Fiction, Young Adult
Era(s): 2008
Jessie Keane is 13 and just wants to be normal. Trouble is, her kid sister, Laura (7) thinks she’s been abducted by the Virgin Mary; twice; once on a motorbike, her step-mum, Eva makes erotic feminist installations while Dad becomes Mandy as soon as the front door closes.
Which is fine.
She loves them all to bits but they’ve just moved back to Ireland and this time she wants to try and avoid the bullying that usually kicks off when some school friend finds out about Dad.
Set in Dublin (Dublin 5/ Raheny) Dad’s Red Dress is a contemporary comedy-drama from the viewpoint of a 13 year-old girl whose father is about to begin transitioning into the woman he should have been.
The book is set in the area of Raheny on Dublin’s northside in 2008
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