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On Canaan's Side

By: Sebastian Barry
Narrated by: Grainne Gillis
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At once epic and intimate, the story of Lilly Bere unfurls as she tries to make sense of the sorrows and troubles of her life and of the people whose lives she has touched. Spanning nearly seven decades, from the moment Lilly fled Dublin at the end of the First World War to the new world of America, it is a novel of memory, war, family-ties and love.©2009 "Sebastian Barry," (P)2011 W F Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt
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........... in every way. This writer is so gifted; memorable characters, clever plot, recognisable emotions and brilliant story telling. I was captivated from start to finish.

Outstanding ....

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What a wonderful listen tjanks to a superb performance. Excellent story and spanned decades but did from point of view of remembering rather than the dull and overused device of telling a parallel past and present story. Excellent writing and I loved the main character especially in her latter years. I was surprised by the ending

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Such use of language, a pleasure to read or listen to, and an excellent tale besides.

Reliable Sebastian Barry

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I loved this book. The language itself is a pleasure to listen to, brought up as I was on the assumption that shorter sentences without subclauses are best. I also loved Grainne Gillis' reading. My best ever experience on Audible.

Poetic, rivetting

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This is a story where the beauty of the language is never quite supported by the storyline. The main character, Lily, is one of life's victims but somehow I could never really feel sympathy for her. I persevered with the book because of the lyric quality of the prose, which I enjoyed and the narration was good, however it was not a book I found emotionally fulfilling.

A story full of tragedy.

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