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This Is How It Ends
- Author
- Kathleen MacMahon
- Narrator
- Caroline Lennon
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 24 May 2012
- Run Time
- 10 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
America . . .
Family secrets . . .
Laughter . . .
Tragedy . . .
Swimming . . .
Dogs . . .
Big beaches . . .
Loneliness . . .
A story of unexpected,
life-changing love
Critics Review
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When you have long forgotten many other fictional lovers, there is something about Addie and Bruno, their past and their world, that will not go away
Maeve Binchy, The Irish Times
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An exceptional novel . . . It is truly a story for our time. This is How it Ends signals the belated arrival of a new Irish commercial writer with an extraordinary gift and a voice that is entirely her own
Irish Independent
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Kathleen MacMahon's prose could not appear more effortless or beautiful . . . The twist in this tale is utterly unexpected and satisfyingly unpredictable . . . A bittersweet, engaging novel that will no doubt become a book-club darling
Sunday Independent
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A tender love story. A book about love, family, children and that glorious sense of being alive
Irish Examiner
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The beginning of bank protests, alongside the American election and how crucial it seemed, send a tremor through the narrative
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Details
- Author
- Kathleen MacMahon
- Narrator
- Caroline Lennon
- Duration
- 10 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 May 2012
- ISBN
- 9781405517539
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
Ireland . . . America . . . Family secrets . . . Laughter . . . Tragedy . . . Swimming . . . Dogs . . . Big beaches . . . Loneliness . . . A story of unexpected,life-changing love
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