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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 / Caoilinn Hughes.
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Imprint:
London : Oneworld Publications, 2024.©2024
Collation:
342 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
97808615478079780861547807978086154780797808615478079780861547807
Dewey class:
823.92823.00
Language:
English
BRN:
559090
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