![]() Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. You’d have to know them to know that-in spite of what the neighbors might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes-their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world. The Aylward women of Nenagh, Tipperary, are mad about each other, but you wouldn’t always think it. “This is a generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family.” –C olum McCann, author of Apeirogon and Let The Great World Spinįrom the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and fierce love The three generations of Aylward women will break your heart and then put it back together again.” – Maggie O’Farrell “From its opening pages, this book exerts a quiet, propulsive hold over its reader. The Queen of Dirt Island is his seventh book and was an instant number-one bestseller in Ireland. Donal is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Limerick, where he lives with his wife, Anne Marie, and their two children. His work has been adapted for stage and screen and translated into over twenty languages. ![]() He has won several national and international awards for his fiction, and has twice been nominated for the Booker Prize. ![]() VIRTUAL EVENT WITH GLUCKSMAN IRELAND HOUSEĭonal Ryan is a novelist and short story writer from Nenagh, County Tipperary. Join Donal Ryan to discuss “The Queen of Dirt Island.” ![]()
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