Strange Flowers Av Donal Ryan

<p><b>Winner of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020<br>Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award</b><br><br><b>''You have to truly love people to write like this''</b> RACHEL JOYCE<br><br><b>''One of the greatest novels of this century</b>'' <i>SUNDAY INDEPENDENT</i><br><br><b>''Gorgeously wrought'' </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br><br>In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears.<br><br>Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter again.<br><br>Five years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family''s life forever.<br><br>Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today.<br><br>_________<br><br>''Outstanding ... Tender and beautifully written''<b><i>INDEPENDENT</i></b><br