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The Barracks
The Barracks
Author: John McGahern
McGahern's tragicomic novel centres on a lonely woman who marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing.
ISBN-13: 9780704331716
ISBN-10: 0704331713
Publication Date: 1977
Pages: 192
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Quartet Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I think originally written in 1961, this is a short account of an Irish woman wondering who she is after she leaves city life in London, a charming man, and a good job, and marries a man her family did not approve of with children that will not accept her as mom. It is her struggle to be who she "thinks" she should be that makes this story compelling. It might appear to be a sleeper, but I am glad I took the time to read this little gem.
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