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Ghost Light

Joseph O'Connor

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#1571 of 8,085 books · #258 in Historical Fiction

Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2011) and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2011).

Dublin, 1907. A young actress begins an affair with a damaged older man, the leading playwright at the theatre where she works. Outspoken and flirtatious, Molly Allgood is a Catholic girl from the slums of Dublin, dreaming of stardom in America. Her lover, John Synge, is a troubled genius, whose life is hampered by convention and by the austere and God-fearing mother with whom he lives. Their affair, sternly opposed by friends and family, is quarrelsome, affectionate, and tender. Many years later, Molly, now a poverty-stricken old woman, makes her way through London's bomb-scarred city streets, alone but for a snowdrift of memories. Her once dazzling career has faded but her unquenchable passion for life has kept her afloat.

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Publisher
Random House
ISBN-13
9781446435755
Topics
Forbidden loveMemory and agingTheatre and stardom

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