"Jeden z najwybitniejszych pisarzy irlandzkich, Bernard MacLaverty, w pierwszej od 16 lat powieści kreśli czuły obraz małżeństwa w zimowej podróży do Amsterdamu. Gerry i Stella wydają się jedną z tych par, które już dawno temu nauczyły się czytać sobie w myślach. Ale przenikliwy wiatr znad Morza Północnego potrafi rozwiać pozory szczęścia i wyciągnąć na wierzch inne tęsknoty. Gerry i Stella będą musieli odpowiedzieć sobie na pytanie, czy w ich życiu jest jeszcze miejsce na kolejną wielką zmianę?"
"On a promontory jutting out into the Atlantic wind stands the Home run by Brother Benedict, where boys are taught a little of God and a lot of fear. To Michael Lamb, one of the youngest brothers, the regime is without hope, and when he inherits a small legacy he defies his elders and runs away, taking with him a twelve-year-old boy, Owen Kane. Radio Eireann call it a kidnapping. For Michael the act is the beginning of Owen's salvation. Posing as father and son, they concentrate on discovering the happiness that is so unfamiliar to them both. But as the outside world closes in around them - as time, money and opportunity run out - Michael finds himself moving towards a solution that is as uncompromising as it is inspired by love."
"For Cal, some of the choices are devastatingly simple. . . He can work in an abattoir that nauseates him or join the dole queue; he can brood on his past or plan a future with Marcella. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, CAL is a haunting love stroy in a land were tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark."
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