EAN: 9781844885992

THE HOME SCAR - KATHLEEN MACMAHON KARTONIERT (TB)

MacMahon writes with such beautiful simplicity  conjuring real and complex people straight off
the page ... subtle and authentic - Claire Fuller On opposite sides of the world  half-siblings
Cassie and Christo have built their lives around work  intent on ignoring their painful past.
When a dramatic storm in Galway hits the headlines  they're drawn back there to revisit a
glorious childhood summer  the last before their mother died. But their journey uncovers
memories of a far less happy summer - one that had tragic consequences. Confronted with the
havoc their mother left in her wake  Cassie and Christo are forced to face their past and -
ready or not - to deal with the messy tangle of parental love and neglect that shaped them. The
Home Scar is a luminous and precise story about the inheritance of loss and the possibility of
finally making peace with it. _________ Her beautifully simple style belies psychological
complexity ... and her tone is wryly accepting - Big Issue Quiet and bleakly beautiful ... like
the siblings and Ireland  it will leave a permanent mark on those who venture into its depths -
Buzz Picks at the wounds only a mother can inflict ... ambitious ... intricate - Sunday
Independent An exceptional novel about a brother and sister returning to the west of Ireland
and to a summer of their past. - Anne Griffin  Sunday Independent A powerful story about legacy
and loss and the possibility of reconciliation - Irish Times

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