Summary
The season’s just begun at Seacliff Caravan Park, but none of the residents are having a good time. Frankie is haunted by his daughter’s death. Vidas, homeless and far from Lithuania, seeks sanctuary in an abandoned caravan. Anna struggles to shake off the ghost of her overbearing mother. Kathleen struggles to accept her daughter for who she is. Malcolm, a failed illusionist, makes one final attempt to reinvent himself. Agatha Christie-obsessed Alma faces her toughest case yet as she tries to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781781620618 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178162061X |
| Author: | Jan Carson |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ireland Ltd |
| Imprint: | Doubleday Ireland |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 25 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 239g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 144mm x 16mm |
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Profoundly imagined characters, spiced with the off-kilter and deliciously mad … a work of great empathy and imagination - The Irish Times
Profoundly imagined characters, spiced with the off-kilter and deliciously mad … a work of great empathy and imagination - The Irish Times – The Irish Times
… stories filled with wit and humanity - Irish Independent – Irish Independent
About The Author
Jan Carson
Jan Carson is a writer and community arts facilitator based in Belfast. Her first novel, Malcolm Orange Disappears, was published in 2014 to critical acclaim, followed by a short-story collection, Children’s Children (2016), and two flash fiction anthologies, Postcard Stories (2017) and Postcard Stories 2 (2020). Her second novel, The Fire Starters (2019), won the EU Prize for Literature and was shortlisted for the Dalkey Novel of the Year Award. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and on BBC Radio 3 and 4. She has won the Harper’s Bazaar short-story competition and has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award and the Sean Faolain Short Story Prize. She specializes in running arts projects and events with older people, especially those living with dementia.
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