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    No Drinking, No Dancing, No Doctors

    By Martina Evans

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    Tells the story of Beulah Kingston, who in her late sixties is still almost as tall and headstrong as on her wedding day in 1944. Born a Poleite, her zest for life has tested her simple faith to the limit. Now, with the prospect of hospital, she examines the true passion of her youth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateJul 5, 2012
    ISBN9781408835784
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    Martina Evans

    Martina Evans is an Irish poet and novelist and the author of twelve books of prose and poetry. American Mules (Carcanet, 2021) – was a TLS and Sunday Independent (Ireland) Book of the Year. It won the 2022 Pigott Poetry Prize. She is a books critic for the Irish Times.

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