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Boarding School

Boarding School

by Patrick Francis Sheehy

About The Book

Willie Doyle is not the genius everyone thinks he is. After he fails the primary certificate in 1952 and is denied access to any secondary school in Ireland, his annoyed mother abandons him at an exclusive boarding school in Dublin and forces the priests to adopt him. Willie survives for six years, only because the academy is a beehive of midnight businesses managed by students. After Willie starts a lottery on predicting football results, he makes enough money to support himself. While suffering from persistent insomnia in a forty-bed dormitory, Willie explores the secret lives of the academy's priests, the unusual sleep habits and behaviors of its students, and the possibility of ghosts who purportedly wander the halls, planning to scare students. In this coming-of-age tale, a boy abandoned by his mother in a Dublin boarding school must learn to fend for himself while exploring the lives of the priests, students, and ghosts who surround him.
 

Details
Publication date August 11,2022
Language English
ISBN (Paperback)
979-8-88622-531-0 (E-BOOK)
Genre Fiction, Contemporary
Specifications
Pages 230
Interior Color Black and White
Book Size 6.000" x 9.000" (229mm x 152mm)

About The Author

Patrick Sheehy is a practicing physician. He has previously written short stories and published a book entitled On Dying with Dignity. He currently lives in California.

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