Though the bodies fall

Emma — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

MicheÃ¯ ¿ ½l Burns lives alone in his family’s bungalow at the end of Kerry Head in Ireland. It is a picturesque place, but the cliffs have a darker side to them: for generations they have been a suicide black spot. MicheÃ¯ ¿ ½l’s mother saw the saving of these lost souls – these visitors – as her spiritual duty, and now, in the wreckage of his life, MicheÃ¯ ¿ ½l finds himself continuing her work. When his sisters tell him that they want to sell the land, he must choose between his siblings and the visitors, a future or a past.

Though the bodies fall

Emma — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

From an exciting new voice in Irish fiction, a powerful novel set on an Irish clifftop – a story about duty, despair and the chance encounters upon which fate turns.MicheÃ¯ ¿ ½l Burns lives alone in his family’s bungalow at the end of Kerry Head in Ireland. It is a picturesque place, but the cliffs have a darker side to them: for generations they have been a suicide black spot. MicheÃ¯ ¿ ½l’s mother saw the saving of these lost souls – these visitors – as her spiritual duty, and now, in the wreckage of his life, MicheÃ¯ ¿ ½l finds himself continuing her work. When his sisters tell him that they want to sell the land, he must choose between his siblings and the visitors, a future or a past.

O’Regan, Noel – The Bell Bookshop

Though the bodies fall

Though the bodies fall