The Bend For Home (Panther S.)

The Bend For Home (Panther S.)

by Dermot Healy (Author)

Synopsis

A funny, direct, lively and moving account of growing up in small-town Ireland. Healy lovingly coaxes his childhood into being until, one day, his elderly mother hands him the coded diary he kept as a teenage tearaway and the uncut past burst in like a blast of raw air.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 31 Aug 1997

ISBN 10: 1860463541
ISBN 13: 9781860463549

Author Bio
Dermot Healy was born in Finea, Co. Westmeath, in 1947. He is the author of the story collection Banished Misfortune (1982), which won two Hennessay Awards and the Tom Gallon Award, and of two novels, Fighting with Shadows (1984) and A Goat's Song (1994), which won the 1995 Encore Award. He wrote the screenplay for Cathal Black's film, Our Boys, about the Christian Brothers, and his plays include On Broken Wings and Last Night's Fun. Healy has also written a volume of poetry, The Ballyconnell Colours (1992), edited the journal The Drumlin, and was the founding editor of Force 10, which was singled out for praise as one of Ireland's best community arts journals. He is a member of Aosdana and lives near Sligo.