
My son betrayed me. It is a family tradition.
Didn’t I do the same to my father?
A new literary masterpiece by Irish Pen Awardee Frank McGuinness
My son betrayed me. It is a family tradition.
Didn’t I do the same to my father?
A new literary masterpiece by Irish Pen Awardee Frank McGuinness
“I’d realized that I was the only one who could survive this. I wasn’t some fallen little doll. I’d always been down here at rock bottom.”
‘A huge, touching book, one that made me long for a happy end like never before.’– Olga Grjasnowa
Every day, the retired entrepreneur Walter Nowak swims his laps in the outdoor pool. An encounter on a particularly hot morning throws him off kilter and the consequences are fatal: Walter finds himself stretched out on his bathroom floor, unable to move, his head throbbing.
Sylvia, overworked management consultant, inherits a nursery in Britanny. Her husband who has financial problems convices her to sell it. The contract is set up ready to be signed when Sylvia unexpecticley gets two weeks off from work and decides to travel to Brittany.