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Mags Perry has fled a loveless marriage and returned from England
to 1970s Ireland where she picks up what work she can find as a
freelance journalist. Beautiful, intelligent and idealistic, her
divorce has made her a pariah in traditional Irish society, but the
burgeoning Women Movement offers her an opportunity to join in the
fight for a better, fairer republic - and if possible, find a
different kind of love along the way.
'Unspoken' charts the interlocking stories of a very different
group of characters through the tumultuous decade of the 1960s in
Ireland. It is an ambitious novel, rich in characterisation, which
depicts a period integral to the story of modern Ireland.
Mags Perry, a journalist, flees her marriage in England to create a
new life in what she hopes is a different Ireland.Francis Strong, a
teenager obsessed with literature, leaves his family for the
dizzying freedoms of the capital.CJ, a disgraced politician in
search of a way back to power, meets a woman who may change the
direction of his life.In his breathtaking new novel, Gerard
Stembridge weaves together a cast of unforgettable voices to tell
the story of a whole society in flux. As his characters struggle
towards happiness and freedom, he asks where true change comes
from: the individual or her political masters.
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