One by One in the Darkness

Deirdre Madden
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A story about three Northern Irish sisters. It has a double narrative, part of which describes their childhood and shows the impact of the political changes and the violence of the late-1960s upon the people of Ulster, as the wholeness and coherence of early childhood gradually break down.
Genres: FictionIrelandIrish LiteratureHistorical FictionLiterary FictionHistoricalLiteratureFamilyFemale AuthorsPolitics
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