Inch Levels Hegarty Neil
Inch Levels Hegarty Neil A haunting debut set in the harsh, beautiful landscape of Ireland's north coast. He remembers the death of an eight-year-old girl, whose body was found on reclaimed land…
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Inch Levels Hegarty Neil
A haunting debut set in the harsh, beautiful landscape of Ireland's north coast. He remembers the death of an eight-year-old girl, whose body was found on reclaimed land called Inch Levels on the shoreline of Lough Swilly. Patrick Jackson lies on his deathbed in Derry and recalls a family history marked by secrecy and silence, and a striking absence of conventional pieties.
Each of them could talk about events in the past that might explain the bleakness of their relationships, but leaving things unsaid has become a way of life. And he is visited by his beloved but troubled sister Margaret and by his despised brother-in-law Robert, and by Sarah, his hard, unchallengeable mother. Guilt and memory beat against them, as shock waves from bombs in Derry travel down the river to shake the windows of those who have escaped the