'An astonishing debut novel . . . blazingly vivid' Irish Times
'Magnificent' Belinda McKeon, author of Solace and Tender
'Truly unforgettable' Fíona Scarlett, author of Boys Don't Cry
'Everything I love in a novel' Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things
A heart-swelling beauty of a debut novel of love, trauma and found family - perfect for fans of Chris Whitaker, Liz Moore and Marilynne Robinson.
'Little Maude Rowe sits in the crick, her pockets heavy with gold, the blood on her face turned to powdered rust . . .'
In a remote valley in Idaho in 1981, a man, a woman and three children stop running to wash the blood from their hands and bodies. They are the few survivors of a terrible tragedy. Their only choice now is, somehow, to become a family.
Five years earlier, Opal and her husband James arrive in the small mining community of Silver Valley, drawn by promises of fortune and independence. There they meet Baron Rowe, the charismatic visionary who controls the community with an iron fist. Baron's son Denny has spent his life trying, and failing, to live up to Baron's expectations, and to protect his little sister Maude from their father's excesses.
Soon, a tragic accident will change all their lives. And five years later, change will come again at the barrel of a gun . . .
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*A winner of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair 2024*
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Dirtpickers
An astonishing, heart-breaking debut novel of love, trauma and found family, from a luminous new Irish talent
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eBook - ePub
Dirtpickers
An astonishing, heart-breaking debut novel of love, trauma and found family, from a luminous new Irish talent
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Literature GeneralIndex
LiteratureTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- August 1981
- July 1980
- August 1981
- June 1975
- September 1981
- February 1976
- October 1981
- March 1976
- October 1981
- July 1980
- November 1981
- September 1976
- November 1981
- November 1976
- December 1981
- December 1976
- May 1970
- Baron 1935–1962
- June 1976
- December 1981
- May 1981
- December 1976
- December 1981
- August 1981
- December 1981
- August 1976
- January 1982
- Acknowledgements
- Reading group questions
- About the Author
- Copyright
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