false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173818815m/331929.jpg 331929 8 "The Light of Evening" is a story of attachments, the attachment to land and especially the attachment between mother and daughter, who yearn for closeness but are also estranged. From her hospital bed in Dublin, the elderly Dilly awaits the visit of her daughter, Eleanora, from London. The epochs of her life pass before her: emigrating to America in the 1920s, a romantic liaison, and the destiny that brought her back to Ireland and marriage into the formerly grand property called Rusheen. She also retraces Eleanora's precipitate marriage to a foreigner, which alienated mother and daughter even more, and Dilly's heart-rending letters sent over the years in a determination to reclaim her daughter. But Eleanora's visit does not prove to be the glad reunion Dilly prayed for. And in her hasty departure, Eleanora leaves behind a secret journal of their stormy relationship—a revelation that brings the novel to a shocking close. 2012486 6 10 2006 The Light of Evening total:77|5:13|4:23|3:30|2:6|1:5| 77 264 162 17 4 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 15:01:44 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 07:55:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:50:03 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:50:03 -0800 2009 Edna O'Brien's 20th work of fiction does what all of her novels do: it lyrically expounds on the dizzying power of love. Nevertheless, reviews were mixed. Light of Evening is simultaneously overwrought, sentimental, forceful, and heartbreakingly true__even if the tacked-on conclusion felt strained. ...

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Prologue
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