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My Coney Island Baby
My Coney Island Baby
hardback | English
Published:
17 January, 2019
hardback | English
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17 January, 2019
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On a bitterly cold winter's afternoon, Michael and Caitlin escape their unhappy marriages to keep an illicit rendez-vous. Once a month, for the past quarter of a century, Coney Island has been their haven. These precious, hidden hours are their only nourishment. But now, amid the howling of an angry snowstorm, the shut-down, out-of-season resort feels like the edge of the world. And their lives, suddenly, are on the brink - with news of serious illness on one side, and a move to the Midwest on the other. And so, after half a lifetime spent in secret, certain long-avoided facts need to be faced, consequences examined, decisions made, and - perhaps - chances finally taken. A quiet, intense drama of late-flowering intimacy, My Coney Island Baby condenses, within the course of a single day, the histories, landscapes, tragedies and moments of wonder that constitute the lives of two people who, although born worlds apart, have been drawn together. O'Callaghan, a masterful prose stylist, has created a devastatingly powerful novel about two unforgettable characters and the choices they have made. This is a book full of sorrow, but also radiant with beauty, longing and breathless desire.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781787330917 |
| ISBN10 | 1787330915 |
| Number Of Pages | 256 |
| Item Weight | 360 g |
| Product Dimensions | 136 x 28 x 218 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Jonathan Cape |
| Format | hardback |
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Author's Bio
Billy O'Callaghan lives in a village outside Cork.