2010, ISBN: 1848764383

[EAN: 9781848764385], Neubuch, [PU: Matador 6 Sep 2010, Market Harborough], Product Description\\nSet in Potnabawd, an Irish town suffering in the dismal 1950s and 60s, When We Were Lover… More...

[EAN: 9781848764385], Neubuch, [PU: Matador 6 Sep 2010, Market Harborough], Product Description\\nSet in Potnabawd, an Irish town suffering in the dismal 1950s and 60s, When We Were Lovers All is about people in all their maddening complexity. The stories capture the zeitgeist of mid-twentieth century Ireland and illustrate the capacity of the human spirit to transcend the most repressive of environments. They show that love, laughter, sorrow and joy can bubble underneath the permafrost of clericalism and official conservatism. The police and clergy conspire to rid the town of Nelly, the local prostitute, but they reckon without her neighbours, who have their own way of defending their street. An ambitious poor boy making his way in Dublin falls for a rich girl, but will small town snobbery kill their love? A burly blacksmith brings home a wife to live in a house that he shares with his gay brother. A widow and a married man breach the community's moral boundaries and incur the wrath of the Church. A pretty English girl drifts into Portnabawd and falls for Seamus, a shy, lumbering farmer, but will she drift out as easily as she drifted in? Not even the Irish Sea can stop rock n' roll and the trouble it brings to the town. Sean O'Ree, American gangster, comes home to complete some unfinished business left over from the Irish Civil War. Two schoolboy victims of sadism and paedophilia become abusers themselves. Rural electrification is going to light up every corner of Molly Akins' candle-lit house, but shadows have their uses; they hide secrets that should remain hidden. Winnie, carrying a light purse, brings her children on an August Bank Holiday train excursion to the seaside and tries heroically to make her money last. Babby, a mentally ill man, and Tim, a youth suffering from dwarfism, become friends until prejudice raises its ugly head. About the Author\\nBorn in 1943, William Roe spent his youth in the bucolic environment of rural Ireland. In the 60s he emigrated to England and later, working in Ireland, he saw that country transform itself into a modern, multi-cultural society. He has been writing since childhood. He is a widower with a son and a daughte<

ISBN: 1848764383

[EAN: 9781848764385], Neubuch, [PU: Troubador Publishing], BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., When We Were Lovers All: Irish Stories of Love, Loss and Laughter, William Roe, Set in Portnabawd, a… More...

[EAN: 9781848764385], Neubuch, [PU: Troubador Publishing], BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., When We Were Lovers All: Irish Stories of Love, Loss and Laughter, William Roe, Set in Portnabawd, an Irish town suffering in the dismal 1950s and 60s, When We Were Lovers All is about people in all their maddening complexity. The stories capture the zeitgeist of mid-twentieth century Ireland and illustrate the capacity of the human spirit to transcend the most repressive of environments. They show that love, laughter, sorrow and joy can bubble underneath the permafrost of clericalism and official conservatism. The police and clergy conspire to rid the town of Nelly, the local prostitute, but they reckon without her neighbours, who have their own way of defending their street. An ambitious poor boy making his way in Dublin falls for a rich girl, but will small town snobbery kill their love? A burly blacksmith brings home a wife to live in a house that he shares with his gay brother. A widow and a married man breach the community's moral boundaries and incur the wrath of the Church. A pretty English girl drifts into Portnabawd and falls for Seamus, a shy, lumbering farmer, but will she drift out as easily as she drifted in? Not even the Irish Sea can stop rock n' roll .and the trouble it brings to the town. Sean O'Ree, American gangster, comes home to complete some unfinished business left over from the Irish Civil War. Two schoolboy victims of sadism and paedophilia become abusers themselves. Rural electrification is going to light up every corner of Molly Akins' candle-lit house, but shadows have their uses; they hide secrets that should remain hidden. Winnie, carrying a light purse, brings her children on an August Bank Holiday train excursion to the seaside and tries heroically to make her money last. Babby, a mentally ill man, and Tim, a youth suffering from dwarfism, become friends .until prejudice raises its ugly head.<

2010, ISBN: 9781848764385

Softcover, Buch, [PU: Matador]