Down By The River
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Down By The River

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eBook - ePub

Down By The River

About this book

The road silent, somnolent yet with a speech of its own, speaking back to them, father and child, through trappings of sun and fretted verdure, speaking of the old mutinies and a fresh crime mounting in the blood.

The local community is shocked when a young teenager, Mary, attempts to get an illegal abortion, especially when they discover that she has been raped by her father. O'Brien charts Mary's emotional and psychological trauma, as her story is dragged first into the public realm and then into the law courts, with her power of choice usurped by militant factions on all sides.

A haunting novel based on a real events.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9780571397549
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Landing Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. Contents
  5. A Fresh Crime
  6. Fruits
  7. Flesh
  8. Thou Shalt Not Kill
  9. A Pagan Place
  10. Sphinx
  11. Convent
  12. Strawberries
  13. Bridget
  14. Christmas
  15. Fungi
  16. Ladybird
  17. Companions in Death
  18. A Promise
  19. Undertakers
  20. Foaling
  21. Roosting
  22. Shrine
  23. Jacko
  24. Disco Night
  25. Cattle
  26. The Bohráin
  27. City
  28. Dear Luke
  29. Bone Disease
  30. Stratosphere Girl
  31. Broomstick
  32. River
  33. Dr Tom
  34. Money
  35. Broken Leg
  36. Dawn Light
  37. Another Country
  38. Cassandra
  39. Revelation
  40. Men
  41. Guest House
  42. Betrayal
  43. Women
  44. Head Teacher
  45. Evening Light
  46. Power
  47. Supper
  48. Saviour
  49. Luke
  50. A Letter
  51. Dreary Days
  52. A Pet
  53. Strangers
  54. The Truth
  55. Alleluia
  56. Intruders
  57. Cathal
  58. Johnnie
  59. Mrs B
  60. Lonesome Father
  61. Dirty Old Town
  62. Mary’s Diary
  63. The Rack
  64. Murph
  65. Mona
  66. Vigil
  67. Well-Wishers
  68. Men of Destiny
  69. Oh My Ducats, Oh My Daughter
  70. On the Run
  71. White Frost
  72. Black Frost
  73. Hand Mirror
  74. Brother Ambrose
  75. Waiting
  76. Mary
  77. Judgement
  78. Love Is Teasing
  79. About the Author
  80. By the Same Author
  81. Copyright

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