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This compelling novel by Nuala O'Faolain intertwines the stories of two women, an Irish travel writer living in present-day London, and a British landowner's wife during the 19th century potato famine, who was convicted of committing adultery with an Irish groom. "A lovely heartbreaker of... read more

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First Sentence

We used to stay in bed most of the weekend, Hugo and I, when we lived in the attic of a rambling house with pin and gables, among chestnut trees, on the edge of a park in south London.

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  1. Nuala O'Faolain (Author)
 

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