The Sea and the Silence by Peter Cunningham - March 2009

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The Sea and the Silence by Peter Cunningham - March 2009

Post by Clare Bookclub Mod » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:34 pm

Peter Cunninham's novel is set in 1945 in Monument, the scene for three of his previous books. The war in Europe has just ended and change is about to sweep away the old order. The war had adversely affected Ireland in terms of food shortages, rationing, trade and way of life. The Sea and the Silence tells the story of Iz, a beautiful young woman, as she settles down to try and make a life on the south-east coast with her new husband. Times were harsh and the circumstances that have brought her to Monument are shrouded in mystery. Iz is trapped in an unhappy, adulterous marriage, and haunted by a great love in her past.

Soaring across the decades that follow Ireland’s newly won independence and through the class and land issues that once defined Irish society, The Sea and the Silence is an epic love story set amid the fading grandeur of the Anglo-Irish class.

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