The Blackwater Lightship
of Colm Tóibín
Description
It is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With Declan's two friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other.Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Blackwater Lightship is a deeply resonant story about three generations of an estranged family reuniting to mourn an untimely death. In spare, luminous prose, Colm Tóibín explores the nature of love and the complex emotions inside a family at war with itself.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288 pages
- Publisher Scribner
- Publication Date June 5th 2005
- First Publication 08/13/99
- Language English
- ISBN 9780743203319
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Ireland']
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