![]() ![]() Declan wants them all to spend a few days together at Granny's seaside house in Cush, Wexford. Declan sends Paul to fetch Helen to the hospital, where he asks her to tell their mother and grandmother about his condition. Unlike her mother or grandmother, Helen has known for years that Declan is gay, but he has kept his illness a secret, even from her. Helen receives the news of Declan's illness from Paul, her brother's best friend. Helen's brother, Declan, is dying of AIDS. In clipped, stripped-down prose, T ib n unfolds the family saga of Helen, mother Lily and grandmother Dora, three generations of women whose estrangement is ended by the grief they share. ![]() One of the young Turks of Irish fiction (The Heather Blazing The Story of the Night) again examines themes of loss and death in a novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. ![]()
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