In Ordinary Time: Fragments of a Family History - Couverture rigide

Mahon, Carmel Mc

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0715654470 ISBN 13 : 9780715654477

Editeur : Duckworth, 2023

Synopsis

A multi-layered exploration of of trauma, grief and addiction that will captivate readers of Notes to Self and Small Things Like These

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In 1993, aged twenty, Carmel Mc Mahon left Ireland for New York, carrying $500, two suitcases and a ton of unseen baggage. It took years, and a bitter struggle with alcohol addiction, to unpick the intricate traumas of her past and present.

Candid yet lyrical, In Ordinary Time mines the ways that trauma reverberates through time and through individual lives, drawing connections to the events and rhythms of Ireland's long Celtic, early Christian and Catholic history. From tragically lost siblings to the broader social scars of the Famine and the Magdalene Laundries, Mc Mahon sketches the evolution of a consciousness – from her conservative 1970s upbringing to 1990s New York, and back to the much-changed Ireland of today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Carmel Mc Mahon grew up in County Meath, and lived in New York City 1993-2021, when she returned to renovate a house on Ireland's west coast. A graduate of CUNY, her writing has been published in the Irish Times, Humanities Review and Roanoke Review, and shortlisted for the Hennessy Literary Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Duckworth
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0715654470
• ISBN 13: 9780715654477
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible