Before the House Burns

by Mary O'Donoghue

Set on Ireland's Atlantic coast, Before the House Burns is a tender, implosive first novel by an award-winning short story writer and poet. It concerns the lives of its three young narrators, children of a bereaved father and witnesses to a shared grief. This nuanced and heart-breaking account of one family's struggle - for work, shelter and happiness - enters the imagination through this braided, pitch-perfect tale of a family whose lives fracture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843511649
• ISBN13: 9781843511649
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Lilliput Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"