Through the elusive medium of memory, grieving 89 year-old Lilly Bere, recalls her life from her flight after WW I from Dublin to America (her Canaan's side) up to the recent death of her beloved grandson. A novel of love, war, family ties and friendship, told in Barry's lilting prose, illuminating how the past, and the side you are perceived to be on, forever haunts the Irish. Another treasure from the author of The Secret Scriptures (bwl 53).
(Jenny Baker - bwl 65 Summer 2012 ) |
