Copyright © 2009 by Martha Long

First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Mainstream Publishing Company, Edinburgh

First Seven Stories Press edition March 2015

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Long, Martha (Irish author)
Ma, it’s a cold aul night an I’m lookin for a bed / Martha Long. -- First Seven Stories Press edition.

pages cm

“First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Mainstream Publishing Company, Edinburgh”--Title page verso.

ISBN 978-1-60980-598-2 (hardback)

1. Long, Martha (Irish author)--Childhood and youth. 2. Poor teenagers--Ireland--Dublin--Biography. 3. Teenage girls--Ireland--Dublin--Biography. 4. Homeless youth--Ireland--Dublin--Biography. 5. Dublin (Ireland)--Social conditions--20th century. 6. Dublin (Ireland)--Biography. I. Title. II. Title: Ma, it’s a cold old night and I’m looking for a bed.
DA995.D8L665 2015
941.8’350823092--dc23
[B]

2014038385

Printed in the USA

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