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by Heather O'Neill (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc (10 Jan 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1847242332
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847242334
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 189,422 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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O'Neill's vivid prose owes a debt to Donna Tartt's The Little Friend...Baby's precocious introspection feels pitch perfect...Tear-jerkingly effective - Publishers Weekly...dreamy prose...Baby's unique voice and the glimmer of hope provided by her intelligence and imaginative spirit live on in the mind long after you have closed the book - Waterstones Books Quarterly

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...vivid and poignant...a deeply moving and troubling novel

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book of the year, 19 Aug 2008
Written in the voice of a child, this book is about the highs and lows of being cared for by her young heroin addict father. The book sets a new standard in writing about childhood trauma. It perfectly captures the confused, non-judgemental thought process of a young girl as she grows up in a community of drug-pushers, bums, pimps and other inadequates. Inexorably, Baby mutates from an innocent, vulnerable child into a whore and heroin user as she develops her own methods to answer her need to feel nurtured. The strength of the narrative is that from the beginning to end, it is told with a child's perspective. I wanted to crawl into the book and comfort her myself. Heather O'Neil is an outstanding talent. Some of the writing was so poignant, I found myself writing out passages to remember. Even the title makes me want to weep!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lullabies for Little Criminals, 7 Jul 2008
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As soon as I picked up this novel, I found it difficult to put it down - there were a few tears before I finally did! The reader approaches the story through the eyes of Baby, a little girl forced to grow up too quickly when her mother dies, leaving her teenage heroin-addict father responsible for her upbringing. These circumstances might have signalled doom for any other child, but Baby does well to handle the upheaval she constantly faces, her intelligence leading her to the conclusion that she can only rely on herself. Thoroughly involving and perfect for a summer read!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, 6 Aug 2008
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I couldn't put this book down. And when I wasn't reading it I was constantly thinking about what I read and what was going to happen next. Sad, funny, deeply moving and graphic. I enjoyed every word written by Heather O'Neill.
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