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After Marie O'Dea dies in a plane crash in the Everglades, her husband David Lenihan returns to Dublin, back to where they first met two decades before. Revisiting memories of their life together and confronted by his own role in the tragedy, he finds little comfort even in his beloved circle of friends. Next door, a troubled boy named Emmett cradles a hurt bird in his hands, sparking a confrontation between David and Emmett that reveals the deep wounds in both of their lives. As David spirals into depression, he discovers two gifts from Marie. Her first gift brings David and Emmett together…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
After Marie O'Dea dies in a plane crash in the Everglades, her husband David Lenihan returns to Dublin, back to where they first met two decades before. Revisiting memories of their life together and confronted by his own role in the tragedy, he finds little comfort even in his beloved circle of friends. Next door, a troubled boy named Emmett cradles a hurt bird in his hands, sparking a confrontation between David and Emmett that reveals the deep wounds in both of their lives. As David spirals into depression, he discovers two gifts from Marie. Her first gift brings David and Emmett together in a moment of powerful understanding, and the second gift provides David the solace needed to carry on without her.
Autorenporträt
Born in South Bend, Indiana, Ann McGlinn has lived throughout the United States as well as abroad, including in Dublin, Ireland, a city that provided friendships and experiences that helped to shape this novel. Her first novel, El Penco, was published by Cuidono Press, and her poems and short fiction have appeared in Art/Life, Cutbank, Poem, Rosebud, Quarterly West, The Flexible Persona, and The Ekphrastic Review. She lives with her family in Chicago, Illinois.