Thicker than water: coming-of-age stories by Irish and Irish American writers

Twelve remarkable coming of age stories capture both the "old", beguiling Ireland and its new energy today. Stories tell of a love so strong it makes the stars shine in daylight; how Catholic and Protestant hostilities burn away a new romance; the hidden longing of a past summer; a waitres...

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Weitere Verfasser: Snell, Gordon 1932- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Delacorte Press 2001
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Zusammenfassung:Twelve remarkable coming of age stories capture both the "old", beguiling Ireland and its new energy today. Stories tell of a love so strong it makes the stars shine in daylight; how Catholic and Protestant hostilities burn away a new romance; the hidden longing of a past summer; a waitressing job in Texas that offers a glimpse of the harsh "dream" of immigrant life. In Emma Donoghue's title story, Mammy's second wedding brings out the bloody truth between sisters. Maeve Binchy and Ita Daly tell of old secrets cast off at last, and Chris Lynch shows how a young couple's journey to an abortion clinic in Liverpool leads to a painful awakening of deepest feelings.
Beschreibung:XII, 237 S. 22 cm
ISBN:0385325711
9780385325714