No bones

Blurb

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2002

A stunning debut novel about a little girl growing up in Belfast, from the author of the Booker shortlisted, The Milkman.

‘Not only hilarious but also terribly tragic and awful and human and wonderful’ Julia Darling, author of Crocodile Soup

Every single night and every single day Amelia goes upstairs to look at her treasure: a miniature plastic sheep, a Black Queen chess piece, a penny prayer for serenity, a tube of glitter – and thirty-seven black rubber bullets she’s collected ever since the British Army started firing them…