The alternatives
Hughes, Caoilinn, 1985-2024
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Olwen was plunged prematurely into adulthood when her parents died in tragic circumstances. She and her three younger sisters, each single, each with a PhD, are now in their thirties and leading disparate, distanced lives. Until one day Olwen, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the Earth's future, abruptly vanishes from her home. Together for the first time in years, her three siblings descend on the Irish countryside in search of a sister who doesn't actually want to be found. In an isolated rural bungalow they reach into their uncommon past, confronting both old wounds and a desperately uncertain future. Fiercely witty and unexpectedly hopeful, The Alternatives is an unforgettable portrait of a family perched on our collective precipice, told by one of Ireland's most gifted storytellers.
Main title:
The alternatives / by Caoilinn Hughes.
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Imprint:
London : Oneworld Publications, 2024.
Collation:
342 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780861547807 (paperbacl)
Language:
English
BRN:
508586
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