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Ghost Moth (Paperback)
Michele Forbes
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Irish Book Awards Shortlist
"Library Journal" Best Indie Fiction of the Year
"Publishers Weekly" Best Summer Book Staff Pick
"Concord Monitor/Concord Insider" Book of the Week
"Chatelaine" magazine Book Club selection
Brooklyn Book Festival Best Debut Book
""Ghost Moth" is an impressive debut by a writer who is not afraid
to address the so-called ordinary lives of real human beings."
--JOHN BANVILLE, Booker Prize-winning author of "The Sea" and
"Ancient Light"
"Clever, unpredictable, beautifully written and crafted." --RODDY
DOYLE, Booker Prize-winning author of "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" and
"The Commitments"
" Forbes'] writing soaks up the world, and thrills to the beauty of
it." --ANNE ENRIGHT, Booker Prize-winning author of "The Gathering"
and "The Forgotten Waltz"
During the hot Irish summer of 1969, tensions rise in Belfast where
Katherine, a former actress, and George, a firefighter, struggle to
keep buried secrets from destroying their marriage. As Catholic
Republicans and Protestant Loyalists clash during the "Troubles"
and Northern Ireland moves to the brink of civil war, the lines
between private anguish and public outrage disintegrate. An
exploration of memory, childhood, illicit love, and loss, "Ghost
Moth" is an exceptional tale about a family--and a country--seeking
freedom from ghosts of the past.
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Michele Forbes is an
award-winning theater, television, and film actress who has toured
worldwide with "The Great Hunger" and "Dancing at Lughnasa." She
studied literature at Trinity College, Dublin and has worked as a
literary reviewer for the "Irish Times." Her short stories have
received both the Bryan MacMahon and the Michael McLaverty Awards.
She lives near Dalkey, Dublin with her husband and two children.
"Ghost Moth" is her first novel.
Edith and Oliver fell in love after meeting in the glitzy world of
the music hall in its Edwardian heyday. Edith is a spirited young
woman who plays the piano by night; Oliver is an illusionist who
dreams of touring the world, of pioneering ground-breaking
illusions that will bring him fame and fortune. But their children
arrive as the world begins to change, as cinemas crowd the high
street and the draw of the music hall wanes. Oliver - drinking too
much and haunted by the death of his mother - becomes desperate for
one final illusion that will put his name in lights. As he loses
his grip on reality, will his family pay the ultimate price?
'Forbes imbues [Edith & Oliver] with such wit and tenderness .
. . a pleasure to read' Sunday Times 'Engaging . . . astute . . .
striking' Irish Times 'Forbes writes beautifully on the hard,
peripatetic reality of theatre life behind the greasepaint and
glamour. She is also particularly insightful on the internal
torment of a man brought down by the slow growth of self-deception
. . . shimmering' Daily Mail
Third season of the US drama based on the Danish TV series. Though
following the close of the Rosie Larsen case Sarah Linden (Mireille
Enos) is no longer working as a detective, her former partner
Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman)'s investigation into a serial killer
who appears to have a connection to one of Sarah's old cases draws
her back into the field. Can she stop the killer before he strikes
again? The episodes are: 'The Jungle', 'That You Fear the Most',
'Seventeen', 'Head Shots', 'Scared and Running', 'Eminent Domain',
'Hope Kills', 'Try', 'Reckoning', 'Six Minutes', 'From Up Here' and
'The Road to Hamelin'.
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