Circles around the Sun by Molly Mccloskey
When Molly McCloskey was a young girl, her brother Mike - fourteen years her senior - started showing signs of paranoid schizophrenia. This is a true story of madness, addiction, and a sister's quest for her lost brother.
Every once in a while, a writer's voice hits such a clear note, the resulting book has the kind of sweetness that makes you hold it in your hands a moment before finding a place for it on your shelvesCircles Around the Sun is this kind of book: it's a keeper. A memoir of a schizophrenic brother, written with great care and simplicity, it is one of those stories that waited until its writer was ready to tell it. -- Anne Enright * Guardian *
Brilliant, at times heartbreaking ... A remarkably courageous memoir that is as strange and rich as any fiction * Irish Times *
Devastating, beautifully written ... feels like one of those books the author simply had to get written * Dazed & Confused *
Searing ... there is a rare, uplifting honesty about this heartbreaking story * Irish Independent *
Tender, sometimes dream-like, and yet rigorously truthful * Sunday Times *
Intense, wonderfully wrought * Belfast Telegraph *
Wry and devastating -- John Butler * Irish Times (Books of the Year) *
Brilliant, at times heartbreaking ... A remarkably courageous memoir that is as strange and rich as any fiction * Irish Times *
Devastating, beautifully written ... feels like one of those books the author simply had to get written * Dazed & Confused *
Searing ... there is a rare, uplifting honesty about this heartbreaking story * Irish Independent *
Tender, sometimes dream-like, and yet rigorously truthful * Sunday Times *
Intense, wonderfully wrought * Belfast Telegraph *
Wry and devastating -- John Butler * Irish Times (Books of the Year) *
Molly McCloskey was born in Philadelphia and lives in Dublin. She is the author of two collections of short stories - Solomon's Seal and The Beautiful Changes - and a novel, Protection.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241952160 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241952166 |
| Title | Circles around the Sun |
| Author | Molly Mccloskey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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