The Banyan Tree by Christopher Nolan

The Banyan Tree by Christopher Nolan

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On an overgrown and rundown farm in Ireland in the late-1980s, widowed Minnie O'Brien remembers the past: courtship and marriage to Peter; life on the farm; and the births of her three children and what became of them.

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The Banyan Tree by Christopher Nolan

Full of humour and unexpected imagery, this story follows Minnie O'Brien's progress, as a young bride sipping her first and only glass of port wine in Dublin - 'the city of just about right' - and as a widowed mother discovering that the husband she loved had secrets he kept even from her. Trade paperback: ISBN 186159156X, USD24.95.
Christopher Nolan very nearly died at birth from asphyxiation, but survived with severe brain damage, cut off in his own silent world, restricted by a mute and paralysed body. He wrote his first book, of poetry, in 1981, when he was 15, using a 'unicorn' on his forehead to punch the keys of a typewriter. His childhood memoirs, Under the Eye of the Clock, were published in 1987 and s
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ISBN 13 9781861591425
ISBN 10 186159142X
Title The Banyan Tree
Author Christopher Nolan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1999-06-10
Number of pages 356
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.