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Sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, a multigenerational portrait of small-town life in Ireland from a refreshing new talent in literary fiction''A bittersweet love letter to small-town Irish life over several generations, in the vein of Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge'' Irish TimesFull of disgrace, inherited trauma and family secrets. It will make you laugh - because if you didn''t, you''d surely cry' Aingeala FlanneryA caustically witty novel for anyone who ever wondered what the neighbours are really up to behind closed doors' Jan CarsonWelcome to Ballyrowan.This sleepy corner of rural Ireland may seem tranquil, but scratch the surface and you''ll find a hotbed of gossip and intrigue - endless material for mouthing - and a town full of people only too happy to oblige in spreading the bad news.Narrated by several generations of villagers, Mouthing traces the fortunes of one small community from

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