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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 55 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Wendy Erskine. |
| Summary |
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2019 'Wendy Erskine's first collection, Sweet Home . . . is every bit as good as her early stories in the always astute Stinging Fly magazine promised.' Jon McGregor, New Statesman Set in the author's native Belfast, the ten stories in Sweet Home lay bare the heartbreak and quiet tragedies that run under the surface of everyday lives. A lonely woman is fascinated by her niqab-wearing neighbours; a middle-aged teacher becomes obsessed with a young Gaelic football player; and an employer covers for his two employees caught having sex in a public toilet. Wendy Erskine offers perfectly formed, brilliantly observed portraits of people trying to carve out a life for themselves, all the while being buffeted by the loss, grief and regret that come their way. Warm, compassionate and funny, Sweet Home captures life in contemporary East Belfast, in all of its forms. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Short stories, Irish -- 21st century.
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Belfast (Northern Ireland) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Erskine, Wendy.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781529017090 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1529017092 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT15089129 |
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