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Title: Rainsongs
Author: HUBBARD SUE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/05/2019
Imprint: DUCKWORTH
Price: $20.00
Publishing status: Active
A poignant story of transformation, conjuring the rugged beauty of County Kerry’s coastline, by
an award-winning writer.
Newly widowed, Martha Cassidy has returned to a remote cottage in a virtually abandoned village
on the west coast of Ireland for reasons even she is uncertain of. Looking out from her window
towards the dramatic rise of the Skelligs across the water, she reflects on the loss of Brendan,
her husband and charming curator, his death stirring unresolved heartache from years gone by.
Alone on the windswept headland, surrounded by miles of cold sea, the past closes in. As the
days unfold, Martha searches for a way forward beyond grief, but finds herself drawn into a
standoff between the entrepreneur Eugene Riordan and local hill farmer Paddy O’Connell. While
the tension between them builds to a crisis that leaves Paddy in hospital, Martha encounters
Colm, a talented but much younger musician and poet. Caught between its history and its future,
the Celtic Tiger reels with change and Martha faces redemptive choices that will change her life
forever.
AUTHOR:
Sue Hubbard is an art critic, novelist and poet. Her writing has appeared in The New Statesman,
The Independent, The Times, The Guardian, and other publications. She has contributed to many
arts programmes, including Kaleidoscope and Night Waves. She was awarded a major Arts
Council Literary Award and is the twice winner of the London Writers’ Award.
ISBN: 9780715652862
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm