While walking his dog on Killiney Hill, outside Dublin, Lawrence
sees a young woman standing perilously near the edge of a
precipice, and intervenes 'I like being near the edge,' she says. A
conversation develops that leads to an unlikely friendship. Both
are suffering in the aftermath of traumatic events in their lives.
Lawrence's wife and child have been blown to smithereens by an
explosion in Belfast. Clara, the young woman, has had to have a
painful hysterectomy following a distressing love affair. Grief and
lost love are the underlying themes of their relationship and their
spiky exchanges are interwoven with memories of their past loves.
Out of this painful material Johnston creates a novel that is
moving and optimistic. The need to emerge as whole people, to exist
as free individuals and to enjoy the simple pleasures that can
console, and the wit and laughter that can redeem even the most
doleful situation is realized in a book that is heart-rending but
not depressing. Stylish writing that shows how well Johnston
understands the human condition. (Kirkus UK)
On a rainy afternoon on Killiney Hill a young man walking, without
his overcoat, happens upon a woman gazing out over Dublin bay,
standing perilously close to the edge. From their testy encounter
develops a remarkable friendship which will enable each to face
afresh their very different, damaged pasts, and to look, however
tentatively, towards the future.
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