The Narrow Land av Christine Dwyer (Author) Hickey

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<p><b>WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT HISTORICAL PRIZE FOR FICTION, 2020</b><br><br><b>WINNER OF THE </b><b>DALKEY LITERARY AWARD FOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR, 2020</b><br><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS, 2019</b><br><br><b>An <i>Irish Independent </i>and <i>Irish Times</i> Book of the Year, 2019</b><br><b><br>From the author of <i>Tatty</i>, </b><b>the Dublin: One City One Book 2020 choice</b><br><b>________________________</b><br><b><br>''It is a long time since I have read such a fine novel or one that I have enjoyed quite so much.'' <i>Irish Times</i><br></b><br><b>1950: </b>late summer season on Cape Cod. Michael, a ten-year-old boy, is spending the summer with Richie and his glamorous but troubled mother. Left to their own devices, the boys meet a couple living nearby - the artists Jo and Edward Hopper - and an unlikely friendship is forged.<br><br>She, volatile, passionate and often irrational, suffers bouts of obsessive sexual jealousy. He, withdrawn and unwell, depressed by h