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From a Low and Quiet Sea
by Donal Ryan
A story about three men, all connected in some way.
- Farouk, his wife, and their daughter are putting their lives in grave danger to escape their war-torn country in search of a better life in Europe.
- Lampy (Laurence) is 23, and feels like his life is going nowhere. All around him he sees his friends graduating from college, while he's still living at home with his mother and grandfather, mourning the loss of the woman who broke his heart.
- John is coming to the end of his life, and is confessing to the sins he believes he committed throughout his lifetime. He's reminiscing about regrets, choices, and the bad things he has done.
I'm a sucker for Donal Ryan, as I've probably said every other time I've reviewed one of his books. I think this is his best yet. When I realised how the men were all connected, I felt that tug at my heart, that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, that punch to the gut that Donal is so good at delivering. He sneaks up on you and hammers your soul.
You'll regret nothing by reading it, and if you've never read anything by this author you're missing out, he's wonderful and he's one of the best at writing about the scourges of rural Ireland.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to the publisher for granting me approval to read this via Netgalley. I've pre-ordered a hard copy to sit alongside his other works on my shelf, this is one I'll read again.
- Farouk, his wife, and their daughter are putting their lives in grave danger to escape their war-torn country in search of a better life in Europe.
- Lampy (Laurence) is 23, and feels like his life is going nowhere. All around him he sees his friends graduating from college, while he's still living at home with his mother and grandfather, mourning the loss of the woman who broke his heart.
- John is coming to the end of his life, and is confessing to the sins he believes he committed throughout his lifetime. He's reminiscing about regrets, choices, and the bad things he has done.
I'm a sucker for Donal Ryan, as I've probably said every other time I've reviewed one of his books. I think this is his best yet. When I realised how the men were all connected, I felt that tug at my heart, that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, that punch to the gut that Donal is so good at delivering. He sneaks up on you and hammers your soul.
You'll regret nothing by reading it, and if you've never read anything by this author you're missing out, he's wonderful and he's one of the best at writing about the scourges of rural Ireland.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to the publisher for granting me approval to read this via Netgalley. I've pre-ordered a hard copy to sit alongside his other works on my shelf, this is one I'll read again.