Explores the lives of women in a claustrophobic coast town and the search for independence in a society that seeks to limit it. - (Baker & Taylor)
"A poignant debut novel about the lives of women, set in a claustrophobic coast town. How can they find independence in a society that seeks to limit it?"-- - (Baker & Taylor)
<p><strong>“The last great book I read . . . an early proof of debut novelist Alan Murrin’s <em>The Coast Road</em>, about women in ’90s Ireland negotiating the complexities of marriage in a country where divorce is illegal. It will no doubt be a bestseller.”—actor Gillian Anderson</strong></p><p><strong>A poignant debut novel about the lives of women in a claustrophobic coast town and the search for independence in a society that seeks to limit it.</strong></p><p>Set in 1994<em>, The Coast Road</em> tells the story of two women—Izzy Keaveney, a housewife, and Colette Crowley, a poet. Colette has left her husband and sons for a married man in Dublin. When she returns to her home in County Donegal to try to pick up the pieces of her old life, her husband, Shaun, a successful businessman, denies her access to her children.</p><p>The only way she can see them is with the help of neighbour Izzy, acting as a go-between. Izzy also feels caught in a troubled marriage. The friendship that develops between them will ultimately lead to tragedy for one, and freedom for the other.</p><p>Addictive as <em>Big Little Lies</em> with a depth and compassion that rivals the works of Claire Keegan, Elizabeth Strout, and Colm Tóibín, <em>The Coast Road</em> is a story about the limits placed on women’s lives in Ireland only a generation ago, and the consequences women have suffered trying to gain independence. Award-winning Irish author Alan Murrin reminds us of the price we are forced to pay to find freedom.</p> - (HARPERCOLL)