Book description
Returning to Belfast after a long absense, to attend her father`s
funeral. Catherine McKenna-a young composer-remembers exactly why she
left: the claustrophobic intimacies of the Catholic enclave, her
fastidious, nagging mother, and the pervading tensions of a city at war
with itself. She remembers a more innocent time, when the Loyalists
Lambeg drums sounded mysterious and exciting; she remembers her
shattered relationship with the drunken, violent Dave, she remembers the
child she had with him, waiting back in Glasgow. This is a novel, about
coming to terms with the past and the healing power of music, GRACE
NOTES is a master story-teller`s triumphant return to the long form: a
powerful lyrical novel of great distinction.
