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Paperback. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
emotionally charged novel of family tensions, tragedy and love. Set in the rural heartland of mid-20th century Ireland this is a p owerful indictment of the futility of conflict and hatred. Out of the relationship between one man and the land of his ancestors Tom Nestor has created a fiction that rises above the ordinary and will have wide appeal. He paints the ageless themes of family love and misunderstandings, sibling rivalry and motherly love with a new brush. As Hugh Dawley looks down from the stony and arduous fields of his farm on Mount Fierna it is not surprising ... Read more
emotionally charged novel of family tensions, tragedy and love. Set in the rural heartland of mid-20th century Ireland this is a p owerful indictment of the futility of conflict and hatred. Out of the relationship between one man and the land of his ancestors Tom Nestor has created a fiction that rises above the ordinary and will have wide appeal. He paints the ageless themes of family love and misunderstandings, sibling rivalry and motherly love with a new brush. As Hugh Dawley looks down from the stony and arduous fields of his farm on Mount Fierna it is not surprising ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781903464175
SKU
KSG0023656
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Tom Nestor
Tom Nestor has had many short stories published and was a prizewinner in the Ian St. James Competition. He has also written plays for RTE and BBC. His last book, The Keeper of Absalom's Island, was a bestselling memoir. He is also author of Driving Miss Daisy featured in the new Open Door series.
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