The Cure

The Cure

by RachelGenn (Author)

Synopsis

Escaping heartbreak, a raw and humble Eugene Mahon leaves small town Ireland for London. His horizons expand as he meets and befriends men from all over the world on the Shoreditch building site where he works. The good times roll, but the shadows of the past loom over him as he lodges in the pub his late father Seamus lived in when he worked in the city years before. The pub is run by the same landlady, Della, and her daughter Julia, and Eugene's appearance bring Della's own memories of his father flooding to the surface, revealing secrets that she'd hoped to keep hidden forever. Eugene's initiation into the brotherhood of the building site is shattered when he wakes one morning in a police cell, beaten and bruised, with no memory of how or why he got there. In the midst of accusation and hostility, Eugene must uncover truths that will change his life, and the lives of those around him forever. The Cure (alt. def.) the concrete hardening process; time it takes for concrete to reach absolute strength.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Corsair
Published: 26 May 2011

ISBN 10: 184901583X
ISBN 13: 9781849015837
Book Overview: Is there a cure for longing? A stunning debut novel set in contemporary London.

Author Bio
Rachel Genn is a doctor of neuroscience by training, and before beginning to write fiction seriously in 2005, she worked at Kings College London, The Maudsley, and was a Royal Society Fellow at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She completed the Sheffield Hallam Creative Writing MA in 2006. The Cure is her first novel