Capa

THE INHERITANCE IBD

HOPEROAD PUBLISHING
09 / 2024
9781913109325
Inglês

Sinopse

ItâÇÖs 1986 andá29-year-oldáMarlo OâÇÖSullivanáof London-Irish stock has just found out that his sister is his mother. To steady his life, heámoves toáGlengarriff, to a cottage he has inherited, in the stunning BearaáPeninsula.áWhen a neighbour dies unexpectedly,áMarloátakes over his minibus service to Cork. There is nothing regular about the regulars on the busá-áespeciallyáSully,áaánon-verbalá7 year old, who goes nowhere but does the journey back and forth every day,áon his own.áMarloáis landed witháthisáaástrange but compassionateáarrangement, fashioned to give theáchildâÇÖsámother respite from his care.áSullyâÇÖs obsession with an imaginary friend who wants to tell his story... in the ancient oak forests of Glengarriff slowly unveils its terrible secrets - a 400-hundred-year-old tragedy revels itself.With a beautiful evocation of the rich Irish landscape - the forests, cliffs and dramatic mountains of Beara - alongside a link to a real piece of history, this is an unforgettable and lyrical tale of longing, of identity . . . and of finding peace.á