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The Love of Sisters
Eugene McCabe
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Hardcover. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 188 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Very good copy in pristine dustwrapper . Signed by the Author
Set in the late 40s, early 50s, this tells the story of two sisters, both traumatised by the untimely death of their mother. The elder, Patricia, is also scarred by the realities of other childhood experiences and a humiliating marriage. The younger, Carmel, maintains an almost sexual love for Christ, and commits herself to an enclosed order. Carmel's abrupt disillusionment and departure from the convent throws the sisters together again. Tension mounts between Patricia's defensive cynicism and Carmel's equally unattractive humourless Puritanism. Filled with unflinching honesty in its exploration of the different types of love, this latest story from Eugene ... Read more
Set in the late 40s, early 50s, this tells the story of two sisters, both traumatised by the untimely death of their mother. The elder, Patricia, is also scarred by the realities of other childhood experiences and a humiliating marriage. The younger, Carmel, maintains an almost sexual love for Christ, and commits herself to an enclosed order. Carmel's abrupt disillusionment and departure from the convent throws the sisters together again. Tension mounts between Patricia's defensive cynicism and Carmel's equally unattractive humourless Puritanism. Filled with unflinching honesty in its exploration of the different types of love, this latest story from Eugene ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Number of Pages
132
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781848400184
SKU
KEX0303192
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Ref
99-1
About Eugene McCabe
Eugene McCabe was born in Glasgow in 1930 but has spent most of his life in Ireland. For decades he farmed with his family near Clones on the Monaghan/Fermanagh border where he still lives. He is a playwright, short-story writer and novelist.
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