Banks of Green Willow

Banks of Green Willow

by KevinMyers (Author)

Synopsis

A powerful, moving novel of love and war Dublin airport, 1972. Gina, nineteen, too young to be wise, but old enough for love, sex and the repercussions of both, is being borne by the currents of history and habit away from the man she loves. Half Irish, half Bosnian, Stefan is being swept by those same currents towards a different destiny. At home in America, Gina opts for safety in marriage to Warren who takes her son, Tom, as his own. But her friendship with the noisy, unpredictable Bracken family soon calls her back to her beloved Ireland. Moving down the decades between the cheerful bedlam of the Bracken family in Ireland, the routine of life in small town Louisiana and the stark horrors of war in Bosnia, BANKS OF GREEN WILLOW is about the inescapable consequences of 20th century history on commonplace lives. It is a funny, sensuous and at times deeply moving celebration of humanity. But above all, BANKS OF GREEN WILLOW is an ode to love.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Pocket Books/TownHouse
Published: 07 Oct 2002

ISBN 10: 190365016X
ISBN 13: 9781903650165

Author Bio
Kevin Myers is a columnist with the IRISH TIMES and the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. He studied history at University College Dublin and has reported on the war in Northern Ireland, Lebanon and Bosnia. This is his first novel.