Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan

Author:   Ruth Gilligan
Publisher:   Atlantic Books
Edition:   Main
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9781782398592


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   06 April 2017
Format:   Paperback
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1901. Cork can sound very similar to New York to foreign ears and tired brains, so it's no surprise that Ruth's family - Jewish refugees fleeing the European pogroms - mistakenly disembark from their boat to America a few stops and a few countries too soon. Still, her father can spin a story like pure silk, so surely Ireland's just a layover till he writes his great play and they can continue their journey west. 1958. He's still not spoken. It's been years since Shem was struck mute at his bar mitzvah, forcing his mother to hand him over to the care of Catholic nuns. There aren't too many of his kind in Ireland let alone in the sanatorium, so it's a lonely existence, but at least his secret is safely locked up in his mouth and kept behind closed doors, where it can never hurt the one person he loves. 2013. Aisling came to London to escape the Irish recession and concentrate on her career, not to fall in love with a part-time magician. She would marry him in a heartbeat, if only his family didn't insist that the ceremony should be performed by a rabbi. Unsure whether to give up her own heritage for some else's, Aisling looks to the past - from a rootless girl who never saw America to an outcast boy who never spoke again - to see if she can decide on her future.

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Author:   Ruth Gilligan
Publisher:   Atlantic Books
Imprint:   Atlantic Books
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.315kg
ISBN:  

9781782398592


ISBN 10:   1782398597
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   06 April 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Reminiscent of Tea Obreht, Nicole Krauss and Maggie O'Farrell... Wonderful Colum McCann Graceful, confident, vivid... I loved this beautifully written novel Joseph O'Connor A rich and layered story of the complications, the mistakes and the heartbreaks of which a human life is made... I haven't read anything like it Belinda McKeon Immensely readable and written with great flair Irish Independent Brimming with concepts and yarns Irish Times Rich in plot and full of characters that have been neglected by Irish literature Guardian


Rich in plot and full of characters that have been neglected by Irish literature * Guardian * Brimming with concepts and yarns * Irish Times * Immensely readable and written with great flair * Irish Independent * A rich and layered story of the complications, the mistakes and the heartbreaks of which a human life is made... I haven't read anything like it * Belinda McKeon * Graceful, confident, vivid... I loved this beautifully written novel * Joseph O'Connor * Reminiscent of Tea Obreht, Nicole Krauss and Maggie O'Farrell... Wonderful * Colum McCann *


Reminiscent of Tea Obreht, Nicole Krauss and Maggie O'Farrell... A wonderful new novel Colum McCann I loved this beautifully written novel and was sorry when it ended Joseph O'Connor A rich and layered story of the complications, the mistakes and the heartbreaks of which a human life is made... I haven't read anything like it Belinda McKeon Immensely readable and written with great flair... a great holiday read Irish Independent


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Ruth Gilligan is an Irish novelist and journalist. She has written three previous novels: Forget, which reached number one on the Irish Bestsellers' List when she was 19, making her the youngest person in Ireland ever to have done so, and Somewhere In Between and Can You See Me, both published while she was still at university. She writes and reviews for the Irish Times, the Irish Independent, the TLS and the Guardian.

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