The Blackwater Lightship

<p><b>Shortlisted for the Booker Prize</b><br><br>Helen&rsquo;s beloved brother Declan is dying. Now, she must join her mother and grandmother in a crumbling old house by the sea, three generations calling an uneasy truce after years of strife, to be by his side. Together with Declan&rsquo;s friends, who know more about him than any family, they must all deal with the past and come to terms with each other.<br><br><b>'It is in his emotional choreography that Tóibín shows himself to be an exceptional writer' <i>The Sunday Telegraph<br><br>'</i>The most astonishing piece of writing, lyrical in its emotion and spare in its construction . . . Tóibín has crafted an unmissable read' <i>The Sunday Herald</i></b></p>