{"product_id":"9780743203234","title":"The Nature of Water and Air","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Nature of Water and Air\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Regina McBride\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My mother was never easy in the world of houses. She was a tinker, a traveler girl who had married a wealthy man. Her name was Agatha Sheehy....There are silences all around my mother's story.\" \u003cbr\u003e So begins \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Water and Air,\u003c\/i\u003e set on a patch of Irish coast where, amid a flurry of whispers, we meet Agatha's only surviving daughter, Clodagh. Determined to secure her mother's elusive love and the truth about her, Clodagh is swept into a relationship with a handsome, isolated man. He brings her to the heart of her mother's story, where she must confront the questions \"Does a truth change love?\" and \"What madness will come from chasing a secret?\" \u003cbr\u003e Powerfully sensitive, this startling debut novel about forbidden love will place Regina McBride among our most celebrated novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eEdna O'Brien What distinguishes \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Wather and Air\u003c\/i\u003e...is the precision of the language and the haunting power of the narrative.\u003cbr\u003eTillie Olsen Evoking a raw and spirited Ireland, \u003ci\u003eThe nature of Water and Air\u003c\/i\u003e is an astoundingly rich and lyrical novel about mothers and daughters, secrets and delusions, and the salve of love.\u003cbr\u003eBrendan O'Carroll author of the Agnes Browne trilogy \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Water and Air\u003c\/i\u003e is delightful, lyrical, and beautifully sad.\u003cbr\u003eThomas Moran author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Box\u003c\/i\u003e McBride artfully evokes the brilliant beauty and the strange, brooding darkness that often dwell together in the Irish soul. \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Water and Air\u003c\/i\u003e honors the underappreciated art of genuine storytelling.\u003cbr\u003ePeter Quinn author of \u003ci\u003eBanished Children of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e Filled with mystery and music, this is an astounding piece of storytelling that combines the dense lyricism of great poetry with the unflinching clarity of great prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e Elegant prose distinguishes a first novel set in modern Ireland that reads like a reclaimed folktale...A fine debut, unsettling and magical.\u003cbr\u003eBeth Gibbs \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e McBride is an award-winning poet, and her novel is lyrical and sad, infused with fascinating folklore and the chill of the Irish landscape. A literary Maeve Binchy; recommended for public libraries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743203234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40591901425870,"sku":"9780743203234","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_fe154dd3-411a-4265-864c-6bf5017baec5.jpg?v=1637758690","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743203234","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}