Ghost Light (Paperback)

A powerful and deeply moving masterpiece about love, partings and reconciliation -- and of the courage involved in living on nobody else's terms. Dublin, 1907. A young actress begins an affair with a damaged older man, the leading playwright at the theatre where she works. Outspoken and flirtatious, Molly Allgood is a Catholic girl from the slums of Dublin, dreaming of stardom in America. Her lover, John Synge, is a troubled genius, whose life is hampered by convention and by the austere and God-fearing mother with whom he lives. Their affair, sternly opposed by friends and family, is quarrelsome, affectionate and tender.
Many years later, Molly, now a poverty-stricken old woman, makes her way through London's bomb-scarred city streets, alone but for a snowdrift of memories. Her once dazzling has faded but her unquenchable passion for life has kept her afloat.

General

Imprint:	Picador USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Joseph O'Connor
Dimensions:	207 x 139 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-250-00231-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Promotions
LSN:	1-250-00231-1
Barcode:	9781250002310

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