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When light is like water

Paperback • 2017 • English • 1. edition

When light is like water

By McCloskey, Molly

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About the book

'There are few things on earth smaller than this country.'Alice, a young American on her travels, arrives in the west of Ireland with no plans and no strong attachments - except to her beloved mother, who raised her on her own. She falls in love with an Irishman, marries him, and settles down in a place whose codes she struggles to crack. And then, in the course of a single hot summer, she embarks on an affair that breaks her marriage and sets her life on a new course. Years later, in the afterm...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780241978207

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2017

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

When light is like water

Format

Paperback

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