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Seeds of Doubt

Seeds of Doubt

by JamesRyan (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

Set in the rural Ireland that James Ryan portrays so evocatively, Seeds of Doubt is the story of five women, looking back to their girlhoods in the faraway world of the 30s, and coming slowly to terms in their own ways with the single traumatic event that forever changed their lives. As war threatened in Europe, life in rural Templeard went on as usual. In this golden childhood, the futures of a wealthy farmer's five daughters seemed as solid as the stones of their farmhouse home, as hopeful as the green fields that stretched to the edge of their world. Flossie, Nora, Margaret, Ber and the baby Girlie were as close as girls could be. Their life was the nearby convent boarding school and the long summers on their father's farm. Looking back to those moments before tragedy struck, facing the event itself - the rape, the child born in secret - Nora, the girl with the voice of a bird, is at last free.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: New e.
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 06 Dec 2001
ISBN 10: 0753812908
ISBN 13: 9780753812907
Book Overview: An ambitious and unforgettable story with all the warmth and emotional intensity of James Ryan's Home From England Home from England to be a film directed by Gabriel Byrne, screenplay written by James Ryan 'This is a fine, heartfelt novel in a distinguished tradition: controlled, unshowy, observant and moving' John Banville 'Well drawn characters and great narrative style make this a compelling read' She Magazine 'Ryan exposes the grief and loss lying beneath the family fabric with great poignancy' Image 'James Ryan's dark, powerful novel' Sunday Independent 'The author's understanding of the importance of family and land-ownership in rural Ireland comes from his own childhood in County Laois, and few have expressed these strong, deeply buried passions with such authenticity and insight' Sunday Express

Author Bio
James Ryan grew up in County Laois, Ireland and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1975. He teaches English and History at a comprehensive school in Dublin where he lives with his wife, a journalist, and their two children.