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Author: Enright, Anne

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 2 May 2019 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Irish Classics’ series.

Paperback | 336 pages
198 x 122 x 22 | 238g

A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner.

Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell. As the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from Rosaleen – a woman who doesn’t quite know how to love her own children – forces them to confront the weight of family ties and the road that brought them home.

See also: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy DoyleShortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel AwardLonglisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**