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The queen of Dirt Island / Donal Ryan.
"You'll never truly understand love until you've read Donal Ryan: a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and the fierce devotion that binds them together. The Aylward women of Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, are mad about each other, but you wouldn't always think it. You'd have to know them to know that-in spite of what the neighbors might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes-their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world. Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. It involves wives and widows, gunrunners and gougers, sinners and saints. It's a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire, and love. Of all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isn't. The Queen of Dirt Island is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that bind generations together"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593652930 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 244 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2022
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| Subject: | Families > Ireland > Nenagh > Fiction. Intergenerational relations > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Women > Ireland > Nenagh > Fiction. Nenagh (Ireland) > Social life and customs > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | FIC Ryan | 31681010312007 | FICTION | Checked out | 06/28/2025 |
- Baker & Taylor
This triumphant story of four generations of women and the fierce devotion that binds them together follows the Aylward women of Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, whose lives are touched by betrayal and loyalty, isolation and togetherness, and transgression, forgiveness, desire and love. - Baker & Taylor
"You'll never truly understand love until you've read Donal Ryan: a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and the fierce devotion that binds them together The Aylward women of Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, are mad about each other,but you wouldn't always think it. You'd have to know them to know that-in spite of what the neighbors might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes-their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world.Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. It involves wives and widows, gunrunners and gougers, sinners and saints. It's a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire,and love. Of all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isn't. The Queen of Dirt Island is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that bind generations together"-- - Penguin Putnam
âFrom its opening pages, this book exerts a quiet, propulsive hold over its reader. The three generations of Aylward women will break your heart and then put it back together again.â âMaggie O'Farrell
"This is a generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family." âColum McCann, author of Apeirogon and Let The Great World Spin
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From the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and fierce love
The Aylward women of Nenagh, Tipperary, are mad about each other, but you wouldnât always think it. Youâd have to know them to know thatâin spite of what the neighbors might say about raised voices and dramatic scenesâtheir house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world.
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Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. It involves wives and widows, gunrunners and gougers, sinners and saints. Itâs a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire, and love. Of all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isnât. The Queen of Dirt Island is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that bind generations together.
