The Gathering
by Anne Enright | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780224078740 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780224078740 Global Overview for this book
Registered by awaywithfairies of Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on 11/14/2019
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Journal Entry 1 by awaywithfairies from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, November 14, 2019
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The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. His sister Veronica was there then, as she is now: keeping the dead man company, just for another little while.
The Gathering is a family epic, condensed and clarified through the remarkable lens of Anne Enright's unblinking eye. It is also a sexual history: tracing the line of hurt and redemption through three generations - starting with the grandmother, Ada Merriman - showing how memories warp and family secrets fester. This is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.
The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. His sister Veronica was there then, as she is now: keeping the dead man company, just for another little while.
The Gathering is a family epic, condensed and clarified through the remarkable lens of Anne Enright's unblinking eye. It is also a sexual history: tracing the line of hurt and redemption through three generations - starting with the grandmother, Ada Merriman - showing how memories warp and family secrets fester. This is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.
Journal Entry 2 by awaywithfairies at Book Face, Macarthur Square in Campbelltown, New South Wales Australia on Friday, November 15, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (11/15/2019 UTC) at Book Face, Macarthur Square in Campbelltown, New South Wales Australia
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Left at the book exchange stand near Factorie and Converse on level 3.
Release #6 for the 2019 The The Challenge.
Release #6 for the 2019 The The Challenge.