The Living
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781782391685; 9781782391678
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Families; Fiction; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM; FICTION; General; European
Description: Cate Houlihan, recent Trinity graduate, is adrift in a life that doesn't feel her own. Struggling with a new job at an eccentric Dublin publishing house and stifled by overbearing parents, her one sanctuary is singing in the prestigious Carmina Urbana choir. When romance blossoms with the choir's newest member - the older, opaque and British Mathew Taylor - it seems as if things might be starting to go Cate's way. But when her job brings her into contact with the recent Republican past, and she fears she is being followed, Cate's entire world becomes confused. Tensions e.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Part One: Holding the Line; Part Two: Modulations; Part Three: A Song of Ireland; Part Four: The Living; Acknowlegements.