Strange Flowers
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Author: Donal Ryan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
The extraordinary story of a family devastated by a sudden disappearance and transformed by a miraculous return from the award-winning author loved by David Nicholls, Kamila Shamsie and Sebastian Barry. Winner of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020 Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 'You have to truly love people to write like this' RACHEL JOYCE 'One of the greatest novels of this century' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'Gorgeously wrought' GUARDIAN In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect- that they will never see their daughter again. Five years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever. Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today. _________ 'Outstanding ... Tender and beautifully written' INDEPENDENT 'All the beauty and sorrow of life can be found in these pages' KATHLEEN MACMAHON 'Exquisite . . . Beautiful' ANNE GRIFFIN, author of WHEN ALL IS SAID 'Ryan gathers together the fragments of broken lives and makes us something new and beautiful from them' R N N HESSION, author of LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL
Author: Donal Ryan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
The extraordinary story of a family devastated by a sudden disappearance and transformed by a miraculous return from the award-winning author loved by David Nicholls, Kamila Shamsie and Sebastian Barry. Winner of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020 Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 'You have to truly love people to write like this' RACHEL JOYCE 'One of the greatest novels of this century' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'Gorgeously wrought' GUARDIAN In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect- that they will never see their daughter again. Five years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever. Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today. _________ 'Outstanding ... Tender and beautifully written' INDEPENDENT 'All the beauty and sorrow of life can be found in these pages' KATHLEEN MACMAHON 'Exquisite . . . Beautiful' ANNE GRIFFIN, author of WHEN ALL IS SAID 'Ryan gathers together the fragments of broken lives and makes us something new and beautiful from them' R N N HESSION, author of LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Donal Ryan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
The extraordinary story of a family devastated by a sudden disappearance and transformed by a miraculous return from the award-winning author loved by David Nicholls, Kamila Shamsie and Sebastian Barry. Winner of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020 Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 'You have to truly love people to write like this' RACHEL JOYCE 'One of the greatest novels of this century' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'Gorgeously wrought' GUARDIAN In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect- that they will never see their daughter again. Five years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever. Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today. _________ 'Outstanding ... Tender and beautifully written' INDEPENDENT 'All the beauty and sorrow of life can be found in these pages' KATHLEEN MACMAHON 'Exquisite . . . Beautiful' ANNE GRIFFIN, author of WHEN ALL IS SAID 'Ryan gathers together the fragments of broken lives and makes us something new and beautiful from them' R N N HESSION, author of LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL
Author: Donal Ryan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
The extraordinary story of a family devastated by a sudden disappearance and transformed by a miraculous return from the award-winning author loved by David Nicholls, Kamila Shamsie and Sebastian Barry. Winner of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020 Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 'You have to truly love people to write like this' RACHEL JOYCE 'One of the greatest novels of this century' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'Gorgeously wrought' GUARDIAN In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect- that they will never see their daughter again. Five years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever. Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today. _________ 'Outstanding ... Tender and beautifully written' INDEPENDENT 'All the beauty and sorrow of life can be found in these pages' KATHLEEN MACMAHON 'Exquisite . . . Beautiful' ANNE GRIFFIN, author of WHEN ALL IS SAID 'Ryan gathers together the fragments of broken lives and makes us something new and beautiful from them' R N N HESSION, author of LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL
Strange Flowers