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Annie Dunne
- Author
- Sebastian Barry
- Narrator
- Caroline Lennon
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 8 November 2022
- Run Time
- 7 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
It is 1959 in Wicklow, Ireland, and Annie and her cousin Sarah are living and working together to keep Sarah’s small farm running. Suddenly, Annie’s young niece and nephew are left in their care.
Unprepared for the chaos that two children inevitably bring, but nervously excited nonetheless, Annie finds the interruption of her normal life and her last chance at happiness complicated further by the attention being paid to Sarah by a local man with his eye on the farm.
A summer of adventure, pain, delight, and, ultimately, epiphany unfolds for both the children and their caretakers in this poignant and exquisitely told story of innocence, loss, and reconciliation.
Critics Review
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“Annie’s passionate observations and shifting moods—rendered in dense prose that’s close to poetry—fuel this fine novel.”
New York Times Book Review
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“A subtle but powerful novel of a spinster’s life in the Irish countryside rises to great emotional heights…this is a deliciously poetic book.”
The Washington Post
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“Barry’s gift for image and metaphor…are equaled here by his eye for descriptive detail.”
Publishers Weekly
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Details
- Author
- Sebastian Barry
- Narrator
- Caroline Lennon
- Duration
- 7 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 November 2022
- ISBN
- 9798212225304
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place
Synopsis
It is 1959 in Wicklow, Ireland, and Annie and her cousin Sarah are living and working together to keep Sarah’s small farm running. Suddenly, Annie’s young niece and nephew are left in their care.Unprepared for the chaos that two children inevitably bring, but nervously excited nonetheless, Annie finds the interruption of her normal life and her last chance at happiness complicated further by the attention being paid to Sarah by a local man with his eye on the farm.A summer of adventure, pain, delight, and, ultimately, epiphany unfolds for both the children and their caretakers in this poignant and exquisitely told story of innocence, loss, and reconciliation.
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