Thursday 22 August 2013

The Gathering

By Anne Enright, 2007
A bleak story of family dysfunction, told without sentimentality. The Hegarty family has gathered for the funeral and wake of Liam, an alcoholic who committed suicide. The novel's narrator is 39-year-old Veronica. She examines her family's troubled history to try to make sense of his death and uncovers family truths.

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