The Heather blazing
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The Heather Blazing - Colm Tóibín
Eamon Redmond is a judge in Ireland's high court, a completely legal creature who is just beginning to discover how painfully unconnected he is from other human beings. With effortless [...]
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In a rhythm smooth as sea on a quiet shore, Tolbin leads his main character on a path along his well lived life. From childhood in a Ireland building after the long english occupation to the 1990s with a single mother daughter in a country where kids out of wedlock are still frowned upon.
Alterning past and present, Eamon’s life, complex and prosaic is a all in all a fine life. Death is there but no bitterness, no heated anger or hard feelings. Just a man trying to make a good life, not perfect, but steady to learn and evolve.
Beautiful and raw
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