Overview
A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner. Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell.
A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner.
Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell. As the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from Rosaleen – a woman who doesn''t quite know how to love her own children – forces them to confront the weight of family ties and the road that brought them home.
See also: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel Award
Longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN''S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
- | Author: Anne Enright
- | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- | Publication Date: May 02, 2019
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781784875510
- | ISBN-10: 1784875511
