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Home Rule Clare Boylan

Home Rule By Clare Boylan

Home Rule by Clare Boylan


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Summary

* Comparable to Molly Keane, this is a brilliant portrait of an eccentric Anglo-Irish famiily.

Home Rule Summary

Home Rule by Clare Boylan

When aristocratic Englishwoman Elinore Dubois married a handsome young Irishman, her mother warned her that he would give her ten children and leave her destitute. In fact there are only nine Devlins, but in a two-roomed Dublin tenement, Elinore vents her disappointment on her seven daughters and in particular, on beautiful Daisy, whose refusal to accept the grim realities of her life infuriates Mama - and masks the tragic secret of her childhood. Set in Dublin at the turn of the century, Home Rule is a vivid and poignant portrait of a family of spirited girls at the disposal of men and mothers and a celebration of the humourless life force that sustains them.

Home Rule Reviews

Sinful, funny and rueful * OBSERVER *
Demonstrates Boylan's talent for bringing colour to the sepia snapshots of her family album ... vivid * Independent on Sunday *
Boylan's imagination has a brilliant edge of eccentricity... contains moments of pure, unadulterated magic * Cosmopolitan *
Marvellous ... Truly, Boylan writes like an angel, but an angel with a knowing look in her eye * Daily Mail *

About Clare Boylan

Clare Boylan was a highly acclaimed novelist and short story writer whose work also regularly appeared in the GUARDIAN etc. She died in May 2006.

Additional information

GOR001615713
9780349109671
0349109672
Home Rule by Clare Boylan
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
19970918
320
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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