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Bloodlines & Other Stories
Joyce Russell
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Description for Bloodlines & Other Stories
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Does a child come wailing into this world with the patterns that define it already beating in the blood? Do daughters ever believe that mother knows best and can a father come to respect the skills of a son? This collection of stories explores the ties that bind the generations together. It dips into the quiet beauty and the horrors of keeping those bonds intact. There’s lust and loyalty, joy and exploitation, innocence and trust, but deep in the heart of each story — from daughter to father perhaps, or mother to son — there is always the spark of ... Read more
Does a child come wailing into this world with the patterns that define it already beating in the blood? Do daughters ever believe that mother knows best and can a father come to respect the skills of a son? This collection of stories explores the ties that bind the generations together. It dips into the quiet beauty and the horrors of keeping those bonds intact. There’s lust and loyalty, joy and exploitation, innocence and trust, but deep in the heart of each story — from daughter to father perhaps, or mother to son — there is always the spark of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
MERCIER PR
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781781170656
SKU
9781781170656
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About Joyce Russell
Joyce Russell grew up in the Yorkshire Dales and in 1978 moved to Bantry in west Cork to live the self-sufficiency dream. She has won or been shortlisted on multiple occasions for the Sean O'Faolain Short Story Award, The Real Writers International Award, the START Chapbook prize, the Bridport Prize, the RTE Francis MacManus Short Story Competition and the FISH ... Read more
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