This is a magical book, compressed into a magical area of Ireland, and set in one of my favourite cities, Cork in the deep south west of that magical...moreThis is a magical book, compressed into a magical area of Ireland, and set in one of my favourite cities, Cork in the deep south west of that magical country
It spans the emotional lives of two people and their families and friends, and starts with an emotional disaster and ends with reconciliation and love. Using a deliberately small palette, Joanne Clancy has delineated a story which can go round the world, with implications and connections to anywhere in the world.
So if you are fascinated by the myriad strands of human emotion, love and despair, hatred and disappointment, turning back to human warmth, buy this book.