The Bend For Home
A funny, direct, lively and moving account of growing up in a small-town Ireland. Healy lovingly coaxes his childhood into being until, one day, his elderly mother hands him the coded diary he kept as a teenage tearaway and the uncut past bursts in like a blast of raw air.I found myself moved to tears by its devastating honesty, quiet lyricism and profound humanity. It's a terrific book. Arminta Wallace, Irish TimesIt hops and jumps through childhood and adolescence to the deaths of his father and mother, mixing the surreal with solid concrete, weaving humourwith a sustained sense of loss...Each page spills over with wonder. Aisling Foster, I…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4481-3044-3
- EAN: 9781448130443
- Produktnummer: 14348633
- Verlag: Vintage Digital
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 416 KB
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Dermot Healy
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