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THE LARGEST BABY IN IRELAND AFTER THE FAMINE
Anne Barnett
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Every Sunday the men met at the bridge. Felix Campbell was there with a couple of dozen men. They were all shapes and sizes, ages and wits. What they shared was history, what they knew was their place. Farmers all, some creating the impression that they lived a more urgent and passionate existence in the fighting fields of France than in the potato fields of reality. Felix was smoking and talking when the bridge-gatherers spotted a figure moving over the brae. The walker was a woman, most certainly, but who? Women's strict observance of the day of rest left little ... Read more
Every Sunday the men met at the bridge. Felix Campbell was there with a couple of dozen men. They were all shapes and sizes, ages and wits. What they shared was history, what they knew was their place. Farmers all, some creating the impression that they lived a more urgent and passionate existence in the fighting fields of France than in the potato fields of reality. Felix was smoking and talking when the bridge-gatherers spotted a figure moving over the brae. The walker was a woman, most certainly, but who? Women's strict observance of the day of rest left little ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Virago London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860499029
SKU
KEX0245642
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Anne Barnett
Anne Barnett grew up in a farming community outside Belfast in mid-Ulster - the area where she has set this, her first novel. Formerly an accountant who travelled between New York and London, she now lives in Belfast with her young family.
Reviews for THE LARGEST BABY IN IRELAND AFTER THE FAMINE
'Love and spite in 1916 Ulster - a mesmerising still life with vivid flashes of colour and humour. A memorable debut' CLARE BOYLAN '...a fresh, confident first novel.' The Independent on Sunday 'With gentle humour and well-considered prose, Barnett writes about people both knitted together and driven apart by religion...A mellow, yet thoughtful, debut' Daily Mail