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OLD GOD''S TIME (MARCH 2023), SEBASTIAN BARRY''S STUNNING NEW NOVEL, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW

''As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things.''

Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan''s Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Sligo, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger.

At once epic and intimate, Lilly''s narrative unfurls as she tries to make sense of the sorrows and troubles of her life and of the people whose lives she has touched. Spanning nearly seven decades, it is a novel of memory, war, family-ties and love, which once again displays Sebastian Barry''s exquisite prose and gift for storytelling.

On Canaans Side

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 5 April 2012
      ISBN-13 9780571226542
      978-0571226542
      ISBN-10 057122654X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      OLD GOD''S TIME (MARCH 2023), SEBASTIAN BARRY''S STUNNING NEW NOVEL, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW

      ''As they used to say in Ireland,       the devil only comes into good things.''

      Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan''s Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Sligo, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger.

      At once epic and intimate, Lilly''s narrative unfurls as she tries to make sense of the sorrows and troubles of her life and of the people whose lives she has touched. Spanning nearly seven decades, it is a novel of memory, war, family-ties and love, which once again displays Sebastian Barry''s exquisite prose and gift for storytelling.

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