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|title=Closed Doors

|author=Lisa O'Donnell

|publisher=William Heinemann

|date=July 2013

|website=http://authorlisaodonnell.com/

|summary=Beautifully written, this is a story that is funny and moving, disturbing and uplifting. I found it incredibly engaging and enjoyed it from start to finish.

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Did you listen at doors when you were little? Did you hang from the banisters, trying to hear what was going on in the grown up world when you'd been banished to your room? In this story, eleven year old Michael finds out most of his information by listening. He's adept at creeping around and learning snippets of information, local gossip and tidbits of family dynamics. But one night, when his mum comes home screaming and covered in blood the secrets that Michael becomes privvy too are far more disturbing than what Tricia down the road has been getting up to.