Instructions for a heatwave
In July 1976 during a terrible heatwave in London Gretta Riordan's husband, Robert, tells her he is going out to buy a newspaper but never returns. His disappearance has a lasting effect on both Gretta and her three grown children - each of whom have different ideas as to where Robert has gone. The family's journey back to Connemara, Ireland brings important revelations.
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- ISBN: 1443418234
- ISBN: 9781443418232
- Physical Description 289 pages
- Edition 1st Canadian ed.
- Publisher Toronto : HarperCollins Pub., [2013]
- Copyright ©2013
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Instructions for a Heatwave
One of Ireland's most beloved novelists--with more than 1.5 million copies of her books in print--now published in Canada for the first time July, 1976. One morning Robert Riordan tells his wife, Gretta, that he is going around the corner to buy a newspaper. He doesn't return. Drawn back home to London to help solve the mystery, Gretta's grown-up children fit awkwardly into their childhood roles, and tensions run high. Each is at a turning point in his or her life. The eldest, Michael Francis, is increasingly estranged from his wife by parenthood and his guilt over a brief affair. Monica's performance as a perfect stepmother is convincing no one; and Aoife, the black sheep of the family, is finding that even in New York she can't hide from the secret that has set her apart since childhood. A journey back to Connemara, Ireland, brings surprises, insights and revelations, as each of them confronts the knotty tangle of family life and love. Elegant and compelling, Instructions for a Heatwave secures Maggie O'Farrell's position as one of the best of the new generation of Irish writers.