Description
In the last weeks of 1939—before war reshapes Europe—Angèle Maury arrives in Ireland seeking to understand the past she has never fully explained. Drawn into the eccentric Kernahan household, she must navigate an intimate web of family secrets, shifting loyalties, and the magnetic pull of two very different kinds of love. Kate O’Brien’s quietly observant, psychologically driven style turns this into more than a romance: it becomes a meditation on memory, identity, and the way desire can both illuminate and endanger us. As the season closes and history gathers force, Angèle’s search for meaning unfolds against a landscape of beauty, faith, and risk—where the heart’s choices echo the world’s looming break.
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paperback
Virago
Published Jan 1, 1990
243 pages
ISBN: 9781853811654
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First Published
1943
Language
eng
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