Heart, Be at Peace

By Donal Ryan,

Book cover of Heart, Be at Peace

Book description

The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-listed, bestselling author of Strange Flowers and The Queen of Dirt Island

'Beautiful...a book full of love and hope, more needed in these days than ever' Kit de Waal

'I am blown away by the ambition and scope of this exquisite piece of…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Heart, Be at Peace as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A collection of intertwined tales, told with warmth and wonderful ventriloquy reflect an Irish community and examine the inner workings of twenty-two hearts. Like its predecessor, The Spinning Heart (not required reading to follow this one, although a similarly remarkable novel), each section is a different character, a different voice. Each section is a thread in the fabric, and lies, lives and layers intersect and coalesce into a rich tapestry of a novel.

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