- Older women, Aunts, Psychological fiction.sh, Fiction
It is 1959 in Wicklow, Ireland, and Annie and her cousin Sarah are living and working together to keep Sarah's small farm running.
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Earnest, classical in form, intimate and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Sebastian Barry
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 228
- Publisher
- Viking Books, Faber and Faber, Penguin Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781101173251
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