A powerful and emotionally resonant work of Irish literary fiction about grief, family secrets and the enduring power of love.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "An immensely involving and beautifully written novel from a terrific storyteller." — Joseph O'Connor
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A writer of immense power and elegance... a sublime ability to give language to loss and love." — Donal Ryan
As the seventh anniversary of their daughter’s death approaches, Klara and Hector Armstrong are struggling to live a normal life in the company of grief.
Klara, a former concert pianist, never wanted to be a mother, and is racked with a persistent guilt that she never loved her daughter in the way she should have. Hector, an academic, tries to find solace in work, but his passion project, a biography of poet Garret O'Malley, is echoing truths he's spent his lifetime avoiding.
An invitation to the Samhain Handfasting of their goddaughter Alice brings her mother, Klara's oldest friend Diane, back into their lives. Divorced and newly returned from New York, she arrives carrying secrets and with an agenda of her own.
As the anniversary—and the handfasting—approach, old wounds reopen, hidden truths emerge, and their three lives converge towards a reckoning with loss, change and the complexities of love.
PRAISE FOR THE SILENCE OF OCTOBER
⭐⭐���⭐⭐ "Beautifully written... This is a magnificent book." — Eoin Devereux
⭐⭐''⭐⭐ "Deeply moving... honesty, sensitivity and grace." — Orla Mackey
The Silence of October will resonate with readers of Claire Keegan, Maggie O'Farrell, Anne Enright, Donal Ryan and Sebastian Barry.
Genre: Literary Fiction
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "An immensely involving and beautifully written novel from a terrific storyteller." — Joseph O'Connor
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A writer of immense power and elegance... a sublime ability to give language to loss and love." — Donal Ryan
As the seventh anniversary of their daughter’s death approaches, Klara and Hector Armstrong are struggling to live a normal life in the company of grief.
Klara, a former concert pianist, never wanted to be a mother, and is racked with a persistent guilt that she never loved her daughter in the way she should have. Hector, an academic, tries to find solace in work, but his passion project, a biography of poet Garret O'Malley, is echoing truths he's spent his lifetime avoiding.
An invitation to the Samhain Handfasting of their goddaughter Alice brings her mother, Klara's oldest friend Diane, back into their lives. Divorced and newly returned from New York, she arrives carrying secrets and with an agenda of her own.
As the anniversary—and the handfasting—approach, old wounds reopen, hidden truths emerge, and their three lives converge towards a reckoning with loss, change and the complexities of love.
PRAISE FOR THE SILENCE OF OCTOBER
⭐⭐���⭐⭐ "Beautifully written... This is a magnificent book." — Eoin Devereux
⭐⭐''⭐⭐ "Deeply moving... honesty, sensitivity and grace." — Orla Mackey
The Silence of October will resonate with readers of Claire Keegan, Maggie O'Farrell, Anne Enright, Donal Ryan and Sebastian Barry.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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