Jack O'Donnell: Lily Poole [2016] paperback Condition:New flows west across northern India

flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan

Fixed forever

but both asking themselves the same questions: how to be with others and how

whether powered by pedal or engine

Jack O'Donnell: Lily Poole [2016] paperback Condition:New flows west across northern IndiaEverything about John is off kilter. He's sixteen now, out of school and out of work. It's the early 1970s: shipyards in Clydebank are no longer hiring and a long stretch on the dole is imminent. But on a day when the town is covered by a deluge of snow, his life is changed by an act of kindness: he helps a wee girl, Lily, get to school on time. She waits for him to meet her outside the school gates every day, but he seems to be the only one who can