Amy B. reviewed on 3/2/2010

A lovely book, literally. Full of love, and frustration, for bountiful Irish family, told from the perspective of one of twelve siblings. A brother has just died, a somewhat prodigal son, and through the jumbled reflections of the sister's grieving mind we see into the dark past, which inevitably has maddening ramifications on today and tomorrow. Enright's prose reflects an epic internal landscape, mirrored by the rough North Sea beaches and contrasted by the tight corners and limiting houses of her Dublin childhood. Haunting.

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