The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane

The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane

A beautifully-crafted story reminiscent of the best Mary Gordon or John McGahern or Claire Keegan. She s got heart and subtlety all at once. Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin

Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York. Once landed America, Greta falls in love, raises her own family, and earns her own living.

She longs to return to Ireland, to show her family what she has made of herself, but a secret in her past forces her to keep her life in New York separate and tears her from the people she holds closest. Even fifty years later, when the Ireland of her memory bears little resemblance to that of the present day, she fears she will lose everything she has made for herself when she discovers that her children with the best of intentions have conspired to unite the worlds she s so carefully kept apart.

Thoughtful and appealing . . . a solid, intelligent piece of work. Washington Post

There can be no doubt that [Keane's] voice will only strengthen and dazzle with each new book. Irish Voice

Mary Beth Keane attended Barnard College and earned an MFA from the University of Virginia. A winner of the Chicago Tribune s Nelson Algren Prize in 2004 and a Pushcart Prize nominee, she lives in Philadelphia.

Keane, Mary Beth: - Mary Beth Keane attended Barnard College and the University of Virginia, where she received an MFA. She has been named one of the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35, and was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for fiction writing. She currently lives in Pearl River, New York with her husband and their two sons. She is the author of The Walking People, Fever, and Ask Again, Yes.

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ISBN 13	9780547126524
ISBN 10	0547126522
Title	The Walking People
Author	Mary Beth Keane
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	2009-05-01
Number of pages	416
Prizes	Commended for Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (First Fiction) 2010
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.