The Home Scar

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Beschreibung

<p><b>"MacMahon writes with such beautiful simplicity, conjuring real and complex people straight off the page ... subtle and authentic" - Claire Fuller </b><br><br>On opposite sides of the world, half-siblings Cassie and Christo have built their lives around work, intent on ignoring their painful past.<br><br>When a dramatic storm in Galway hits the headlines, they're drawn back there to revisit a glorious childhood summer, the last before their mother died. But their journey uncovers memories of a far less happy summer - one that had tragic consequences.<br><br>Confronted with the havoc their mother left in her wake, Cassie and Christo are forced to face their past and - ready or not - to deal with the messy tangle of parental love and neglect that shaped them.<br><br><i>The Home Scar</i> is a luminous and precise story about the inheritance of loss and the possibility of finally making peace with it.<br>_________<br><br>"Her beautifully simple style belies psychological complexity ... and her tone is wryly accepting" - <i>Big Issue </i><br><br>"Quiet and bleakly beautiful ... like the siblings and Ireland, it will leave a permanent mark on those who venture into its depths" - <i>Buzz </i><br><br>"Picks at the wounds only a mother can inflict ... ambitious ... intricate" - <i>Sunday Independent </i><br><br>"An exceptional novel about a brother and sister returning to the west of Ireland and to a summer of their past." - Anne Griffin, <i>Sunday Independent </i><br><br>"A powerful story about legacy and loss and the possibility of reconciliation" - <i>Irish Times</i></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241995433

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 128 x 29 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)