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Children's Children
Children's Children | Jan Carson
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Children's Children is a collection of fifteen short stories which cast a darkly humorous and oftentimes acidic eye, over life in post-conflict Northern Ireland. The stories contained in the collection are an eclectic selection of pieces which vary from traditional literary fiction to magic realism and subtle experiments with the short story form. They deal with the theme of legacy; the achievements, issues and problems this generation has inherited from the previous. Disillusioned street preachers, adulterous grocery shoppers, robotic brothers and child burglars are all given voice to express their experiences of life in contemporary Northern Ireland as Carson blurs the line between social commentary and modern parable.
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blithebuoyant
Children's Children | Jan Carson
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#comelittlechildren #octoberputaspellonyou

My sweet niece, sitting on the counter while I tried to make her a bowl of rice, but all she wanted was cheese and pickled jalapeños for breakfast ??? I might just feed her to a witch for her soup ?

Tomigirl44 How adorable! 6y
blithebuoyant @Tomigirl44 she‘s my favorite little cretin! Full of sass 😂 Last night I ran out to help my sister in law get her out of the car in the rain and when she stepped in a dirty puddle on her way to me, she screamed “I don‘t want it!” 😂 6y
Tomigirl44 Lol - that‘s hilarious! I just love hearing the things kids come up with 😆 6y
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blithebuoyant @Tomigirl44 she can be SO sweet and then be an absolutely hellion a minute later lol 6y
tracey38 Aww, she's so cute! 6y
blithebuoyant @tracey38 it‘s a clever disguise! Today she was super cute until my sister‘s boyfriend was hogging all her attention and she told him to “Square up” 😂 6y
tracey38 @blithebuoyant 😂😂😂 that's hysterical. My 3 year old niece is like that, too. I don't know where they get some of the things they say. 6y
blithebuoyant @tracey38 my siblings and I all live in the same house plus my brother‘s wife and the kids and we bicker a lot, she most definitely heard me tell my brother (her father) to square up 😂😂😂 6y
Gissy So cute👸🏻✨💖 6y
tracey38 @blithebuoyant my 3 year old niece told me recently "don't worry about it" when I asked her a question. Seriously?!? She probably heard my sister say that. ? 6y
blithebuoyant @Gissy thanks! ♥️ 6y
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Laughterhp
Children's Children | Jan Carson
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Hey Littens! Looking for some suggestions for children‘s books!! My friend‘s son is turning 2 next weekend and I‘d like to get him a book.

However, I have no idea what to get or what‘s a good kids book for 2 year olds...

Please help!! 😊

JoScho Llama llama red pajama, the pout pout fish, Pete the cat books are a few fun ones. 7y
night_shift I have a few #picturebook suggestions on my profile I've recently read! 7y
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alisiakae Any of the Mo Willems books are great, but especially 7y
tjwill @4thhouseontheleft Love all your suggestions too! 7y
tjwill @JoScho All of those are great! 7y
alisiakae @tjwill Thanks! There are so many good ones out there! 7y
BookNAround My kids loved the No David! books and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. 7y
Palimpsest My son is two and a half. He loves Curious George, 7y
MuddyPuddle Little blue truck! 7y
Laughterhp Wow! Thank you everyone for your suggestions! @tjwill @4thhouseontheleft @Palimpsest @BookNAround @UnidragonFrag @JoScho So many choices to look through, it‘s gonna be tough to pick 1 or 2! 7y
CarolynM Anything by Sandra Boynton (Moo Baa La La La is my favourite) 7y
kezzlou85 Julia Donaldson is brilliant. 7y
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Mccall0113
Children's Children | Jan Carson
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Work manuals ... must Stay Awake.

RinaBrahmbhattBarot That's huge 7y
shendrix413 I work for child protective here in Texas! 7y
Mccall0113 @shendrix413 I just started foster care but have to cover child protective. It‘s been interesting so far! 7y
Mccall0113 @MyBookSwapClub this is one book of many 7y
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