Consequences of the Heart - Softcover

Cunningham, Peter

3.05

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9781934848388: Consequences of the Heart

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ISBN 10: 1934848387 ISBN 13: 9781934848388

Publisher: GemmaMedia, 2011

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"Peter Cunningham is a storyteller at the height of his powers, and Consequences of the Heart is his triumph." -Irish Times D-Day on a Normandy beach. A flip of a coin seals the destinies of two men in love and war. From one of Ireland's finest writers, Consequences of the Heart is an epic story of passion and fate, of cowardice and bravery, of adultery and of murder. Chud Conduit, wild, illegitimate grandson of Monument's most powerful businesswoman, and Jack Santry, gentle Anglo-Irish heir to the estate on the hill, are unlikely friends. It is their love for Rosa, the beautiful daughter of the local bookmaker that unites them―a passion that persists long after their adolescent idyll is shattered. Chud and Jack meet again at Normandy, where fate determines the course of the rest of their lives. One wins Rosa's hand in marriage, the other her eternal affection, sealing their destinies together over six decades, tangled in a triangle of love that is stronger than social convention and well beyond the law.

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PRAISE FOR PETER CUNNINGHAM: “A writer of great gifts” - Barry Unsworth, Booker Prize winner “Cunningham’s descriptive writing is as superb as his characterization.” - Sue Leonard, "Irish Examiner" “... uncompromising in his commitment to the plain storytelling of old-fashioned romance and the effect is something like that of an old-fashioned movie that is apparently uncomplicated but yet becomes a classic.” - John Kenny, "The Irish Times"

PRAISE FOR PETER CUNNINGHAM: "A writer of great gifts" - Barry Unsworth, Booker Prize winner "Cunningham's descriptive writing is as superb as his characterization." - Sue Leonard, "Irish Examiner" .".. uncompromising in his commitment to the plain storytelling of old-fashioned romance and the effect is something like that of an old-fashioned movie that is apparently uncomplicated but yet becomes a classic." - John Kenny, "The Irish Times"

"A writer of great gifts" - Barry Unsworth, Booker Prize winner

"Cunningham's descriptive writing is as superb as his characterization." - Sue Leonard, "Irish Examiner" .".. uncompromising in his commitment to the plain storytelling of old-fashioned romance and the effect is something like that of an old-fashioned movie that is apparently uncomplicated but yet becomes a classic." - John Kenny, "The Irish Times" " In a narrative that spans more than 60 years in the lives of its characters, Irish author Cunningham examines a Jules-and-Jim-type love affair as well as a mysterious incident from D-Day....A lovingly detailed examination of 20th-century Anglo-Irish culture as well as a dissection of personal relationships." - Kirkus

About the Author:

Peter Cunningham grew up in Waterford, the city on which Monument, the town in Consequences of the Heart is based. His previous work includes The Sea andthe Silence (Gemma 2010), and a number of thrillers, written both under his own name and under pseudonyms. His novels include Who Trespass Against Us (London, 1993); Tapes of the River Delta (London, 1995); and Love in One Edition (London, 2001); Taoiseach (London, 2004); and Capital Sins (Dublin, 2010). Peter Cunningham is a member of Aosdana, the Irish Academy of Letters.

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