false 25197449 345946 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 1093 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812s/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 2.99 3793 The Gathering, a moving, evocative portrait of a large Irish family and a shot of fresh blood into the Irish literary tradition, combining the lyricism of the old with the shock of the new. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea. His sister, Veronica, collects the body and keeps the dead man company, guarding the secret she shares with him—something that happened in their grandmother’s house in the winter of 1968. As Enright traces the line of betrayal and redemption through three generations her distinctive intelligence twists the world a fraction and gives it back to us in a new and unforgettable light. The Gathering is a daring, witty, and insightful family epic, clarified through Anne Enright’s unblinking eye. It is a novel about love and disappointment, about how memories warp and secrets fester, and how fate is written in the body, not in the stars.</DIV>]]> 52832 3.00 4276 1244 2007 1 7 false Mon Jun 23 08:11:43 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 07:16:42 -0700 2008
"I know, as I write these... that they require me to deal in facts. It is time to call an end to romance and just say what happened in Ada's house, the year that I was eight and Liam was barely nine."
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