A Greyhound of a Girl Author:Roddy Doyle Mary O?Hara is a sharp twelve-year-old Dublin schoolgirl bravely facing the fact that her beloved Gran is dying. But Gran can?t let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman turns up on Mary?s street with a message for Gran, Mary gets pulled into an unlikely adventure. The woman is the ghost of Gran?s own mother, who has come to help her dau... more »ghter say good-bye to her loved ones and guide her safely out of this world. To persuade Gran, she needs the help of Mary and her mother, Scarlett, who embark on a road trip to the past. Four generations of women travel on a midnight car journey: one of them is dead, one of them is dying, one of them is driving, and one of them is just starting out.« less