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02134aam a2200325 i 4500 001 E830D70C4D4311EEBB1CF29156ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230907010029 008 230313s2023 enk e 000 f eng d 020 $a 1911648527 020 $a 9781911648529 035 $a (OCoLC)1388369110 040 $a NZAUC $b eng $e rda $c NZAUC $d OCLCF $d TP7 $d YDX $d SILO 050 4 $a PR6058 U3685 P43 2023 100 1 $a Hughes, SiaÌn, $d 1965- $e author. 245 10 $a Pearl / $c Siân Hughes. 264 1 $a London : $b The Indigo Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 220 pages ; $c 20 cm. 500 $a Longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize. 520 $a "Marianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. Left behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshackle house on the edge of a small village, she clings to the fragmented memories of her mother's love; the smell of fresh herbs, the games they played, and the songs and stories of her childhood. As time passes, Marianne struggles to adjust, fixated on her mother's disappearance and the secrets she's sure her father is keeping from her. Discovering a medieval poem called Pearl and trusting in its promise of consolation, Marianne sets out to make a visual illustration of it, a task that she returns to over and over but somehow never manages to complete. Tormented by an unmarked gravestone in an abandoned chapel and the tidal pull of the river, her childhood home begins to crumble as the past leads her down a path of self-destruction. But can art heal Marianne? And will her own future as a mother help her find peace?"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Missing persons $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Psychic trauma $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Poetry, Medieval $v Fiction. 776 08 $i Electronic version: $a Hughes, SiaÌn, 1965- $t Pearl. $d London : The Indigo Press, 2023 $z 9781911648635 $w (OCoLC)1378391546 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305042140.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E830D70C4D4311EEBB1CF29156ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search