Without My Cloak (Virago Modern Classics) - Softcover

O'Brien, Kate

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9780140161557: Without My Cloak (Virago Modern Classics)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140161554 ISBN 13: 9780140161557

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 1987

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When Anthony Considine creeps into Mellick town with a stolen horse in 1789, it sets the destiny of his family for decades to come. By the 1850s, through thrift and hard work, his son Honest John has made the Considines a leading Mellick family. With his father's money, John's son Anthony builds a grand country house for his wife and children - but especially for his youngest son Denis, who he adores, little knowing that one day Denis will threaten the toil of generations with his love for a peasant girl . . .

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Review:

Reading WITHOUT MY CLOAK was the first time I realised how powerful the small ordinary family life story can be (Maeve Binchy)

A peculiarly beautiful and arresting piece of fiction (J.B. Priestly)

Rush out for the works of Kate O'Brien. You are in for a treat (Val Hennessy)

Book Description:

* 'A book about being young and the effect of first sexual experience on life' DESMOND HOGAN
* An enduring portrait of one family's strengths and weaknesses

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