The Heather Blazing

Colm Tóibín
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Eamon Redmond is a much admired and successful judge in Dublin, happily married to Carmel and father of two grown-up children. Every summer the family stays in a beautiful house on the coast at Ballyconnigor. It is here, one summer, that Eamon reflects on his life as a judge.
Genres: FictionIrelandIrish LiteratureLiterary FictionHistorical FictionLiterature20th CenturyAudiobookContemporaryBook Club
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