Monday Morning's Book Review--Bog Child

Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd--In 1981, Ireland's civil unrest between North & South, Catholic & Protestant was at its height. Fergus' brother supports Sinn Fein with a hunger strike, the body of a dead girl is found in the bog, and Fergus tries to ready himself for his A-levels. This is a haunting story that takes you on a journey back 2000 years as well as through Fergus' struggle to choose his life's path.