The True & Splendid History Of The Harristown Sisters

Michelle Lovric

Wed, 09 Jul, 2014 - 01:00

The fifth novel from Michelle Lovric — writer of the The Remedy — is lined with a penetrating melancholic beauty.

Highly stylised, the novel is set in the age of the Pre-Raphaelite 1800s and follows the fortunes of seven long-haired sisters from Harristown, Co Kildare to Dublin, and on to the palazzi of Venice.

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Courts Arts Film & TV Books Place: Harristown Place: Co Kildare Place: Dublin Place: Venice Place: United States Person: Michelle Lovric Person: Darren Heath Person: Lovric Person: Darcy Person: Berenice Person: Enda Person: Oona Person: Ida Person: Sutherland Organisation: Bloomsbury

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