Synopsis
‘A wonderful novel. I was deeply moved. Outstanding’ - John Boyne, author of The Heart's Invisible Furies
Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Sunday Independent Best Newcomer Award, and named Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book of the Year, Solace by Belinda McKeon is a dazzling story of love, family and divided loyalties.
Mark Casey did not expect to fall in love. But from the minute he saw Joanne Lynch across the garden of a Dublin pub, it seemed that nothing else was possible.
But Mark is also drawn back – guiltily – to his family and the land they have farmed for generations, and when he discovers the truth behind a family feud, it threatens to destroy this passionate love affair.
‘A novel of quiet power, filled with moments of carefully told truth’ - Colm Tóibín, author of Long Island
‘Elegant, consuming and richly inspired. Superb’ - Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon
‘Powerful and beautifully paced . . . I was totally gripped’ - Catherine O’Flynn, author of What Was Lost
Part of the Picador Collection
Details
05 August 2011
9781447204053Reviews
McKeon demonstrates a real wisdom in this book which will appeal to readers both young and old, and a command of style and structure which will make this a much-loved and a treasured book by readers everywhereColm Tóibín, author of Long Island
A story told with clear-eyed compassion and quiet intelligence about what it is to grow up and grow away, about the difference between “here” and “home”. Solace lives up to its title: this is a lovely debutAnne Enright, author of The Gathering
She writes with a precision that is moving without being sentimental. She is superb on the inarticulate coming-to-terms between a father and his son. Patient to a fault, this author demands patience from her reader, but it is the kind of patience that is worth cultivatingThe Sunday Times
Powerful and beautifully paced. It’s a revealing portrait of contemporary Irish life with a cast of convincing, complicated, real characters. I was totally grippedCatherine O’Flynn, author of What Was Lost
