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The Bend For Home
Dermot Healy
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Description for The Bend For Home
Paperback. This autobiography by Dermot Healy discusses his upbringing and his family in Ireland, and looks at the workings of memory. Series: Panther S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200. Good copy with some shelf wear
A funny, direct, lively and moving account of growing up in small-town Ireland. Healy lovingly coaxes his childhood into being until, one day, his elderly mother hands him the coded diary he kept as a teenage tearaway and the uncut past burst in like a blast of raw air.
A funny, direct, lively and moving account of growing up in small-town Ireland. Healy lovingly coaxes his childhood into being until, one day, his elderly mother hands him the coded diary he kept as a teenage tearaway and the uncut past burst in like a blast of raw air.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Panther S.
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860463549
SKU
KKD0007864
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Dermot Healy
Dermot Healy was born in Finea, Co. Westmeath, in 1947. He is the author of the story collection Banished Misfortune (1982), which won two Hennessay Awards and the Tom Gallon Award, and of two novels, Fighting with Shadows (1984) and A Goat's Song (1994), which won the 1995 Encore Award. He wrote the screenplay for Cathal Black's film, Our Boys, ... Read more
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