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A ghost in the throat / Doireann Ní Ghríofa.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : Tramp Press, 2020.Description: 224 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781916434264 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 828.9207 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6114.I44
Summary: In the 1700s, an Irish noblewoman, on discovering her husband has been murdered, drinks handfuls of his blood and composes an extraordinary poem. In the present day, a young mother narrowly avoids tragedy. On encountering the poem, she becomes obsessed with its parallels with her own life, and sets out to track down the rest of the story. A devastating and timeless tale about one woman freeing her voice by reaching into the past and finding another's.
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Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F NiGHR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out Belongs to DB 06/04/2021 R16979A0499

In the 1700s, an Irish noblewoman, on discovering her husband has been murdered, drinks handfuls of his blood and composes an extraordinary poem. In the present day, a young mother narrowly avoids tragedy. On encountering the poem, she becomes obsessed with its parallels with her own life, and sets out to track down the rest of the story. A devastating and timeless tale about one woman freeing her voice by reaching into the past and finding another's.

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