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In the Country of the Young - by Lisa Carey (Paperback)
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- Author(s): Lisa Carey
- 304 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Magical Realism
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About the Book
In the 1840s, a ship full of Irish emigrants founders off the coast of Maine in a terrible winter blizzard. Fishermen from a nearby island are able to save nearly everyone--except one young girl. Then, one quiet All Hallow's Eve in the present day, the ghost of the shipwrecked girl enters an artists house, beckoned by a candle left burning in the window.From the Back Cover
On a stormy November night in 1848, a ship carrying more than a hundred Irish emigrants ran aground twenty miles off the coast of Maine. Many were saved, but some were not -- including a young girl who died crying out the name of her brother.In the present day, the artist Oisin MacDara lives in self-imposed exile on Tiranogue -- the small island where the shipwrecked Irish settled. The past is Oisin's curse, as memories of the twin sister who died tragically when he was a boy haunt him still.Then on a quiet All Hallows' Eve, a restless spirit is beckoned into his home by a candle flickering in the window: the ghost of the girl whose brief life ended on Tiranogue's shore more than a century earlier. In Oisin's house she seeks comfort and warmth, and a chance at the life that was denied her so long ago.For a lonely man chained by painful memories, nothing will ever be the same again.Review Quotes
"Breathtaking...One of those rare books whose every scene is gripping, every mood and moment and minor character compellingly drawn, every new page an epiphany." - Washington Post
"Dreamy...graceful, preternaturally mature writing...it's hard to imagine a more deeply enthralling story." - Boston Globe
Dimensions (Overall): 8.01 Inches (H) x 5.36 Inches (W) x .79 Inches (D)
Weight: .59 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Magical Realism
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
Author: Lisa Carey
Language: English
Street Date: March 5, 2002
TCIN: 85117689
UPC: 9780060937744
Item Number (DPCI): 247-53-1964
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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