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Jump Derry

Jump Derry

Author(s): Christine Donovan

Location(s): Derry (Londonderry)

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Mid 2000s

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Easter 2005, and Irish dancing champion Janie can win the feis but has no idea how to have a boyfriend. And when her first one, Martin, is a parkour freerunner, she can’t keep up as he jumps and flips his way effortlessly round their city and their relationship. Janie’s mum, Marianne, a victim of the Troubles, is slowly finding life unbearable, and desperately tries to find a way to cope as her life unravels.
Modern day Derry meets Jump Britain, My Chemical Romance and far too much eyeliner as Janie and her mother struggle to make sense of their world, and maybe just about manage to.

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Jump Derry is not an instruction – but it could be. In the month when the city’s emerging excellence has been showcased to the world, Christine Donovan’s debut novel explores the leaps – physical...

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