When All is Said

An extraordinary novel, a poetic writer, and a story that moved me to tears.

This is how you tell a story

Beautifully written, unhurried and thoughtful, and a character you love from the off.

A hugely enjoyable, engrossing novel, a genuine page-turner.

Masterful storytelling

In the twilight of his long and eventful life, Irishman Maurice Hannigan still possesses the deep and mellow voice that his grandmother once told him ‘could melt icebergs-a voice that debut author Anne Griffin renders with wit, verve, and endearing irascibility. When All Is Said captures the texture of a night catching up with an old friend–the pleasures and comforts, the stories and surprises-one that you never want to end, and all the more bittersweet because you know, of course, that it must.

Maurice Hannigan is one of those rare and unforgettable characters whose lives we enter, inhabit for a time all too brief, and emerge from deeply changed. Anne Griffin is a writer with a bright, bright future.