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About this book
Elizabeth Regan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own, and her husband is straining against his job in the police force. Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, this is a novel of haunting power.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL3846773W
Subjects
BreastCancerFictionPoliceSpousesStepmothersWomen and deathMiddle-aged womenFiction, romance, generalMarried womenSocial life and customsManners and customsCatholicsTerminally illMarried peopleCancer in womenFiction in EnglishLiterature