Ireland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal need and the Catholic faith with the sympathy and insight which is the hallmark of her craft.
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Review:
A grave and beautiful story, exquisitely composed and cut to a jewel-like fineness (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
A gem of a novel (TAMSIN HARGREAVES)
Book Description:
*A masterpiece of passion, reticence, and self-denial by one of the century's greatest writers
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- PublisherVirago
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0860688259
- ISBN 13 9780860688259
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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