The Last Storyteller A Novel of Ireland: novel
β Scribed by Frank Delaney
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 278 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0679644229
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β¦ Synopsis
Frank Delaney, New York Times bestselling author of Ireland, Shannon, Tipperary, Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show, and The Matchmaker of Kenmare, is the unparalleled master of Irish historical fiction, bringing Ireland to life with exceptional warmth, wisdom, and wit. Now, in The Last Storyteller, Delaney weaves an absorbing tale of lasting love, dangerous risk, and the healing power of redemption.
"Every legend and all mythologies exist to teach us how to run our days. In kind fashion. A loving way. But there's no story, no matter how ancient, as important as one's own. So if we're to live good lives, we have to tell ourselves our own story. In a good way." So says James Clare, Ben MacCarthy's beloved mentor, and it is this fateful advice that will guide Ben through the tumultuous events of Ireland in 1956.
The national mood is downtrodden; poverty, corruption, and a fledgling armed rebellion rattle the countryside, and...
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