Away by Jane Urquhart

Away by Jane Urquhart

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On an island off the Irish coast in the mid-19th century, a sailor is washed ashore and dies in the arms of Mary, whose visions of this "demon lover" inhabit her heart and mind. Four generations later, Esther tries to make sense of Mary's life and the obscurities surrounding her family history.

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Away by Jane Urquhart

On a small island off the northern Irish coast in the mid-nineteenth century, a sailor is washed ashore and dies in the arms of Mary, whose visions of this 'demon love' inhabit the most intimate reaches of her heart and mind until her own death. It is four generations later in Canada, where Mary brought her children to escape the potato famine, that her great-granddaughter Esther tries to make sense of Mary's life and the obscurities surrounding her family's history. Seductive, powerful and humorous, AWAY is an entrancing saga of thwarted emotions and heartbreaking betrayal.
Jane Urquhart is the author of the novels: THE WHIRLPOOL, CHANGING HEAVEN, THE UNDERPAINTER, winner of the Governor General's Award, and THE STONE CARVERS, longlisted for the Booker Prize. She lives in south-western Ontario.
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ISBN 13 9780747559641
ISBN 10 0747559643
Title Away
Author Jane Urquhart
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2002-06-03
Number of pages 368
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