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099    eAudiobook hoopla 
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100 1  Gilligan, Ruth,|eauthor. 
245 14 The butcher's blessing|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /
       |cRuth Gilligan. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bRecorded Books, Inc.,|c2020. 
264  2 |bMade available through hoopla 
300    1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 08 min.)) :
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506    Digital content provided by hoopla. 
511 0  Read by John Keating and Heather O'Neill. 
520    Set in the gothic wilds of Ireland, The Butchers' Blessing
       is a haunting and unforgettable thriller brimming with 
       secrecy, tradition, and superstition. Every year, Úna 
       prepares for her father to leave her. He will wave goodbye
       early one morning, then disappear with seven other men to 
       traverse the Irish countryside. Together, these men form 
       the Butchers, a group that roams from farm to farm, 
       enacting ancient methods of cattle slaughter.  The 
       Butchers' Blessing moves between the events of 1996 and 
       the present, offering a simmering glimpse into the modern 
       tensions that surround these eight fabled men. For Úna, 
       being a Butcher's daughter means a life of tangled 
       ambition and incredible loneliness. For her mother, Grá, 
       it's a life of faith and longing, of performing a promise 
       that she may or may not be able to keep. For nonbeliever 
       Fionn, the Butchers represent a dated and complicated 
       reality, though for his son, Davey, they represent an 
       entirely new world―and potentially new love. For 
       photographer Ronan, the Butchers are ideal subjects: 
       representatives of an older, more folkloric Ireland whose 
       survival is now being tested. As he moves through the 
       countryside, Ronan captures this world image by image―a 
       lake, a cottage, and his most striking photo: a man, hung 
       upside down in a pose of unspeakable violence. Thrilling, 
       dark, and richly atmospheric, The Butchers' Blessing is an
       engrossing incantation―mesmerizing in both language and 
       story―conjuring a family and a country on the edge of 
       irrevocable change. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Butchers (Persons)|vFiction. 
650  0 Slaughtering and slaughter-houses|zIreland|vFiction. 
650  0 Blessing and cursing|vFiction. 
650  0 Photographers|vFiction. 
650  0 Teenage girls|zIreland|vFiction. 
650  0 Families|zIreland|vFiction. 
650  0 Revenge|vFiction. 
650  0 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy|zIreland|vFiction. 
651  0 Ireland|xSocial life and customs|y21st century|vFiction. 
700 1  Keating, John|c(Actor),|enarrator. 
700 1  O'Neill, Heather,|enarrator. 
710 2  hoopla digital. 
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