The Queen of Dirt Island
- Author Donal Ryan
- Narrator Emma Lowe
- Publisher Transworld
- Publish Date 18 August 2022
- Run Time 6 hours and 46 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Generational sagas, Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships.
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From the multi-award-winning author of the number one bestseller, STRANGE FLOWERS, a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and fierce love.
The Aylward women of Nenagh, Tipperary, are mad about each other, but you wouldn't always think it. You'd have to know them to know - in spite of what the neighbours might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes - that 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. About all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isn't. From the prize-winning author of Strange Flowers and The Spinning Heart, The Queen of Dirt Island is an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that bind generations together.
'Donal Ryan is giving us characters that we haven't seen in Irish literature before' RODDY DOYLE
'Ryan's work has set a benchmark to which other writers will aspire' JOHN BOYNE
'I think you have to truly love people to write like this' RACHEL JOYCE
© Donal Ryan 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
| Author | Donal Ryan |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Emma Lowe |
| Duration | 6 hours and 46 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781473599932 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Transworld |
| Genre | Family life fiction, Generational sagas, Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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