Queen of Dirt Island
Author: Ryan, Donal
ISBN: 9781781620403
RM89.95
Publisher,Doubleday Ireland
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 256
From the prize-winning author of the number one bestseller Strange Flowers, a soaring novel about four generations of strong women and fierce love.
From the award-winning, Booker longlisted author of the number one bestseller, Strange Flowers, a searing, jubilant novel about four generations of women and the love and stories that bind them.
'One of the finest novelists writing today... a haunting, exquisite masterpiece.' - Rachel Joyce
'A generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family' - Colum Mc Cann
The Aylward women are mad about each other, but you wouldn't always think it. You'd have to know them to know - in spite of what the neighbours might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes - that their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world.
Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. It's a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire, and love. About all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isn't. More than anything, it is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that last generations.
About the Author
Donal Ryan was born in a village in north Tipperary, a stroll from the shores of Lough Derg. Donal wrote the first draft of The Spinning Heart in the long summer evenings of 2010, and has also completed a second novel. He lives with his wife Anne Marie and two children just outside Limerick City.
From the award-winning, Booker longlisted author of the number one bestseller, Strange Flowers, a searing, jubilant novel about four generations of women and the love and stories that bind them.
'One of the finest novelists writing today... a haunting, exquisite masterpiece.' - Rachel Joyce
'A generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family' - Colum Mc Cann
The Aylward women are mad about each other, but you wouldn't always think it. You'd have to know them to know - in spite of what the neighbours might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes - that their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world.
Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. It's a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire, and love. About all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isn't. More than anything, it is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that last generations.
About the Author
Donal Ryan was born in a village in north Tipperary, a stroll from the shores of Lough Derg. Donal wrote the first draft of The Spinning Heart in the long summer evenings of 2010, and has also completed a second novel. He lives with his wife Anne Marie and two children just outside Limerick City.
