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On opposite sides of the world, half-siblings Cassie and Christo have built their lives around work, intent on ignoring their painful past. When a dramatic storm in Galway hits the headlines, they're drawn back there to revisit a glorious childhood summer, the last before their mother died. But their journey uncovers memories of a far less happy summer - one that had tragic consequences. Confronted with the havoc their mother left in her wake, Cassie and Christo are forced to face their past and - ready or not - to deal with the messy tangle of parental love and neglect that shaped them. The Home Scar is a luminous and precise story about the inheritance of loss and the possibility of finally making peace with it.
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The Home Scar, Kathleen MacMahon
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- Released
- 2023
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- Title
- The Home Scar
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kathleen MacMahon
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 1844885992
- ISBN13
- 9781844885992
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Ireland, Irish Literature
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- On opposite sides of the world, half-siblings Cassie and Christo have built their lives around work, intent on ignoring their painful past. When a dramatic storm in Galway hits the headlines, they're drawn back there to revisit a glorious childhood summer, the last before their mother died. But their journey uncovers memories of a far less happy summer - one that had tragic consequences. Confronted with the havoc their mother left in her wake, Cassie and Christo are forced to face their past and - ready or not - to deal with the messy tangle of parental love and neglect that shaped them. The Home Scar is a luminous and precise story about the inheritance of loss and the possibility of finally making peace with it.