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Author:

Kenney, Kathleen Anne, author.

Title:

Girl on The Leeside : a novel / Kathleen Anne Kenney.

Publisher:

Nan A. Talese,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

287 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Women poets--Fiction.
Americans--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women--Fiction.
Ireland--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Literature & Fiction.
Family Life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"A young, aspiring poet in a quiet Irish village thinks her life of books suits her perfectly until a charismatic newcomer from America broadens her horizons. Siobhan Doyle grew up with her Uncle Kee at their family pub The Leeside, in rural Ireland. Kee has been staunchly overprotective of Siobhan ever since her mother's death in an IRA bombing, but now that she's an adult, it's clear that in protecting her Kee has unwittingly kept her in a state of arrested development. The pair are content to remain forever in their quiet haven, reading and discussing Irish poetry, but for both Siobhan and Kee fate intervenes. A visiting American literary scholar awakens Siobhan to the possibility of a fulfilling life away from The Leeside. And her relationship with Kee falters after the revelation that her father is still alive. In the face of these changes, Siobhan reaches a surprising decision about her future. Lyrical and heartfelt, Kathleen Anne Kenney's Girl on the Leeside deserves a place alongside contemporary literature's best-loved coming-of-age novels." -- Provided by publisher

ISBN:

0385542399
9780385542395

OCLC:

(OCoLC)959802057

LCCN:

2016034555

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)