*THE #3 IRISH BESTSELLER*
*A SINÉAD & RICK 'MUST READS' PICK*
An unforgettable tale of love, abandonment, hunger and redemption, from a rising star of Irish fiction
'O'Callaghan is one of our finest writers . . . and this is his best work yet' JOHN BANVILLE
*****
At just sixteen, Nancy leaves the small island of Cape Clear for the mainland, the only member of her family to survive the effects of the Great Famine. Finding work in a grand house on the edge of Cork City, she is irrepressibly drawn to the charismatic gardener Michael Egan, sparking a love affair and a devastating chain of events that continues to unfold over three generations. Spanning more than a century, Life Sentences is the unforgettable journey of a family hungry for redemption, and determined against all odds to be free.
This sweeping story of one family's fight for survival goes on making the heart lurch long after the final page, and confirms Billy O'Callaghan as one of the finest living Irish writers.
*****
'A lovely, piercing book' SEBASTIAN BARRY
'Stops you in your tracks so you can savour its utter beauty' ANNE GRIFFIN
'Momentous and epic storytelling' BERNARD MACLAVERTY
'So good and true it feels almost magical' SADIE JONES
'Eminently readable . . . My book of the year so far' RYAN TUBRIDY
| ISBN: | 9781787332447 |
| Publication date: | 14th January 2021 |
| Author: | Billy OCallaghan |
| Publisher: | Jonathan Cape an imprint of Vintage Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 219 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Sense of place Family Drama Sagas |
*THE #3 IRISH BESTSELLER**A SINÉAD & RICK 'MUST READS' PICK*An unforgettable tale of love, abandonment, hunger and redemption, from a rising star of Irish fiction'O'Callaghan is one of our finest writers . . . and this is his best work yet' JOHN BANVILLE*****At just sixteen, Nancy leaves the small island of Cape Clear for the mainland, the only member of her family to survive the effects of the Great Famine. Finding work in a grand house on the edge of Cork City, she is irrepressibly drawn to the charismatic gardener Michael Egan, sparking a love affair and a devastating chain of events that continues to unfold over three generations.
Life Sentences features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Family Drama, Sagas
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Life Sentences was written by Billy OCallaghan and published by Jonathan Cape an imprint of Vintage Publishing
Life Sentences has 219 pages