Shadows on our Skin
Synopsis
Joe Logan lives with his parents in Derry, where British soldiers are a familiar sight, and the sudden smashing and crashing of unexpected raids breaks the peace of the nights. One winter he befriends a stranger to Derry, lonely school teacher Kathleen Doherty. And his elder brother returns from London with money to spend and a gun in his pocket. Suddenly, Joe’s childhood is over, his innocence destroyed.
Author Biography
Jennifer Johnston was born in Dublin in 1930. Her first published novel was The Captains and the Kings. She has written a number of novels, including Shadows on our Skin, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and The Old Jest, which won the Whitbread Novel Award. She has also written plays, including The Nightingale and Not the Lark, and O Ananias, Azarias and Misael.
