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020			_a9781804991077
040			_cTBS
041			_aeng
050			_aPR6118.Y354 _bQ84 2023
100			_aRyan, Donal _d1977- _924015 _eauthor
245			_aThe queen of Dirt Island _c/ Donal Ryan.
260			_aLondon : _bPenguin Books, _c2023.
300			_a244 pages ; 20 cm.
520			_aYou'll never truly understand love until you've read Donal Ryan: a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and the fierce devotion that binds them together The Aylward women of Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, are mad about each other, but you wouldn't always think it. You'd have to know them to know that-in spite of what the neighbors might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes-their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world. Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. It involves wives and widows, gunrunners and gougers, sinners and saints. It's a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire, and love. Of all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isn't. The Queen of Dirt Island is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that bind generations together.
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction _922172
651		0	_aNenagh (Ireland) _xSocial conditions _vFiction _924016
655		0	_aDomestic fiction _923646
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