Donal Ryan The Queen of Dirt Island Paperback Book

Discover the emotional, bestselling novel about four generations of women and the stories that bind them, from the Booker longlisted author Of Strange Flowers. One of the finest novelists writing today... a haunting, exquisite masterpiece. RACHEL JOYCEEndlessly surprising and incredibly moving DAVID NICHOLLSBeautiful, compassionate ... Donal Ryan at his inimitable best. MAGGIE OFARRELLThe Aylward women are mad about each other, but you wouldnt always think it. Youd have to know them in spite of what neighbours might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes to know that that their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world. The head of the family, Nana, is a woman who has buried two sons and whose life has been the family farm. Her daughterinlaw, Eileen, is estranged from her own parents, having shamed them and given birth to Saoirse. And then theres Saoirse herself, eavesdropping on lives she cannot comprehend. It is only when they must battle for the inheritance of Dirt Island a narrow strip of land adjacent to Eileens childhood home that they truly understand the roots that bind their lives together. The prose drips like honey off a spoon SUNDAY TIMESBeautifully poised, sad, poetic and human....I loved every single line. IAN RANKINA generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family COLUM McCANNHis paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show ANNE ENRIGHTA... | Donal Ryan The Queen of Dirt Island Paperback Book