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From first love to final reckoning, this luminous suite of short fiction by master storyteller Dermot Bolger captures the heartbreak and hope that define us.
In a series of unexpected moments when past loves and choices re-surface with startling clarity, the imperfect beings who populate these stories find themselves finally grasping the impact of crucial early relationships, as joy, loss and betrayal echo across decades.
A man searches for a possible secret half-sister to understand his father. A woman is haunted by a boys death fifty years ago. A lighthouse keeper recalls his first relationship. A public figure, slipping into dementia, relives a fateful night that haunts him. A man seeks insights into his mothers past on a remote Portuguese island. From childhood holidays shadowed by tragedy to chance reunions that rewrite old narratives, Bolgers complex and deeply humane characters reveal the fragile beauty of human connection.
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