Description for My Glass Heart
Paperback. My Glass Heart is a dramatic story of desire and its price, of love and its guises and, ultimately, of the astounding resilience of the human heart. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
One evening, during a dinner party she is hosting, Helen Glass slips unannounced from her home. She becomes the victim of a shocking act of violence, cheating death literally by a heartbeat.
Months on, although physically healed, doubts linger between Helen and her husband William over the events that led to that momentous act. What drove Helen from her home that night? And what is the dark truth behind her relationship to her attacker? Into their lives steps Reuben, a once-celebrated playwright hungry for his next great work. Instantly drawn to the couple, he deftly immerses himself ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Castleknock, Ireland
ISBN
9780340924488
SKU
KAK0002870
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Karen Gillece
Karen Gillece was born in Dublin in 1974. She studied Law at University College Dublin and worked for several years in the telecommunications industry before turning to writing full-time. She was shortlisted for the Hennessy New Writing Award in 2001 and her short stories have been widely published in literary journals and magazines. Her first novel Seven Nights in Zaragoza ... Read more
Reviews for My Glass Heart
'Reminiscent of Joanna Trollope ... this book sets Karen Gillece apart from much of the Irish popular fiction norm and confirms her as a force to be reckoned with'
The Irish Times
One of Ireland's finest emerging writers...she has a wonderful way with words and the ability to sum up a character in a sentence'
Irish Examiner ... Read more
The Irish Times
One of Ireland's finest emerging writers...she has a wonderful way with words and the ability to sum up a character in a sentence'
Irish Examiner ... Read more