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TÓIBÍN COLM A LONG WINTER

An unforgettable story about loss and new love from Colm Tóibín  the bestselling author of
Brooklyn and Long Island.   'The most striking example of Tóibín's emotional control . . . [An]
eloquent expression of the bond between a mother and a son' - The Guardian   One snowy morning
after arguing with her husband  Miquel's mother walks out from their home high up in the
Pyrenees and does not return. With his younger brother stationed far away on military service
and his father cast out by the people of the town  Miquel and his father are left to fend for
themselves. Together they will be forced to battle the elements  and their resentment of each
other  through the long winter.  Miquel's desperate searching for his mother is only
interrupted when Manolo  an orphaned servant boy from the next village  arrives to help out in
the house. As Miquel is forced to confront the reality of his mother's absence  Manolo  with
his silences and longing gaze  offers the promise of new love  and another kind of life.   ' A
Long Winter evokes loss  loneliness  guilt and survival in a few masterly strokes' -
Independent

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