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A Flutter of Wings (Paperback)
Mervyn Wall; Introduction by Val Mulkerns; Illustrated by Clare Brennan
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R528
Discovery Miles 5 280
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This is the Third Edition of Val Mulkerns' critically acclaimed
novel, originally published in 1984 by the historical British
publishing house, John Murray. Every summer members of the
O'Donoghue family return to the Irish garrison town of Ferrycarrig
to the house where they all grew up. It seems none of the family
has quite escaped the meshes of their childhood. In that house
academic excellence has always been taken for granted and there is
no quarter for those who failed. Eleanor, the cleverest daughter,
retains her status but despises her husband Con. Their daughter,
Julia, retreats from parental rejection into a private world of her
own. Ruth, married to Martin, a favourite grandson, wonders why
family members want to spend each summer at Ferrycarrig when past
summers linger around the place like ghosts. This brilliant
portrait of a family is described by five of its members, each
interlocked in a dependence that seems to transcend time. All those
summers and four generations give a splendid evocation of family
life.
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