Alan Murrin

The Coast Road -- Alan Murrin, Hardcover

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"The last great book I read . . . an early proof of debut novelist Alan Murrin's The Coast Road, about women in '90s Ireland negotiating the complexities of marriage in a country where divorce is illegal. It will no doubt be a bestseller."--actor Gillian Anderson

A poignant debut novel about the lives of women in a claustrophobic coast town and the search for independence in a society that seeks to limit it.

Set in 1994, The Coast Road tells the story of two women--Izzy Keaveney, a housewife, and Colette Crowley, a poet. Colette has left her husband and sons for a married man in Dublin. When she returns to her home in County Donegal to try to pick up the pieces of her old life, her husband, Shaun, a successful businessman, denies her access to her children.

The only way she can see them is with the help of neighbour Izzy, acting as a go-between. Izzy also feels caught in a troubled marriage. The friendship that develops between them will ultimately lead to tragedy for one, and freedom for the other.

Addictive as Big Little Lies with a depth and compassion that rivals the works of Claire Keegan, Elizabeth Strout, and Colm Tóibín, The Coast Road is a story about the limits placed on women's lives in Ireland only a generation ago, and the consequences women have suffered trying to gain independence. Award-winning Irish author Alan Murrin reminds us of the price we are forced to pay to find freedom.



Author: Alan Murrin
Publisher: Harpervia
Published: 06/04/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.83w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780063336520

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2024 pg. 4
Publishers Weekly 04/29/2024
Booklist 05/15/2024 pg. 14
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2024

Product Tags:

Adultery, Alan Murrin, Family Life, Fiction, Fiction - General, Hardcover, Harpervia, Ireland, Literary, Marriage & Divorce, World Literature

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