Lamb by Bernard MacLaverty (Hardcover, 1980) FIRST EDITION

dewabit Template\n\njulianhouse\n\nThe Home of Opportunity\n\nOffering direct support to the socially excluded\n\nNot just changing lives - saving lives\n\nTitle: Lamb\nAuthor: Bernard Mac Laverty\nPublisher: Jonathan Cape/Blackstaff Press\nISBN 10: 085640215X 0224018159\nISBN 13: 9780856402159 9780224018159\nDESCRIPTION\nOn a promontory jutting out into the Atlantic wind stands the Home run by Brother Benedict, where boys are taught a little of God and a lot of fear. To Michael Lamb, one of the youngest brothers, the regime is without hope, and when he inherits a small legacy he defies his elders and runs away, taking with him a twelve-year-old boy, Owen Kane. Radio Eireann call it a kidnapping. For Michael the act is the beginning of Owen's salvation. Posing as father and son, they concentrate on discovering the happiness that is so unfamiliar to them both. But as the outside world closes in around them - as time, money and opportunity run out - Michat