Kathleen MacMahon on missing journalism, the mother/daughter relationship and her latest novel

'You realise, in the end, as Cassie does in the novel, that the parent is a human and the product of their own story — and none of it is about you'
Kathleen MacMahon on missing journalism, the mother/daughter relationship and her latest novel

Kathleen Macmahon. Picture: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES

Sat, 18 Feb, 2023 - 21:00
Sue Leonard

  • The Home Scar
  • Kathleen MacMahon 
  • Penguin Sandycove, €15.58; Kindle, €9.93

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