Book
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- CENTRAL: First Floor Collection
All we shall know
Call Number
- FICTION RYAN (CEN)
Publication Information
New York, New York : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
Physical Description
180 pages ; 21 cm
Summary
"A breathtaking and redemptive novel from the award-winning and Man Bookernominated author Donal Ryan Melody Shee is alone and in trouble. At 33 years-old, she finds herself pregnantwith the child of a 17 year-old Traveller boy, Martin Toppy, and not by herhusband Pat. Melody was teaching Martin to read, but now he's gone, and Patleaves too, full of rage. She's trying to stay in the moment, but the future islooming, while the past won't let her go. It's a good thing that she meets MaryCrothery when she does. Mary is a bold young Traveller woman, and she knowsmore about Melody than she lets on. She might just save Melody's life. Following the nine months of her pregnancy, All We Shall Know unfolds with emotional immediacy in Melody's fierce, funny, and unforgettable voice, as she contends with her choices, past and present"--