The country girls : three novels and an epilogue
Title:
The country girls : three novels and an epilogue
Author:
O'Brien, Edna author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Paperback edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
©1986
Physical Description:
xvi, 532 pages ; 21 cm.
Summary:
"The country girls are Caithleen "Kate" Brady and Bridget "Baba" Brennan, and their story begins in the repressive atmosphere of a small village in the west of Ireland in the years following World War II. Kate is a romantic, looking for love; Baba is a survivor. Setting out to conquer the bright lights of Dublin, they are rewarded with comical miscommunications, furtive liaisons, bad faith, bad luck, bad sex, and compromise; marrying for the wrong reasons, betraying for the wrong reasons, fighting in their separate ways against the overwhelming wave of expectations forced upon "girls" of every era."--Back cover.
General Note:
"This omnibus edition, with a new epilogue by the author, was originally published in 1986 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux as The country girls trilogy and epilogue."--Title page verso.
Language:
English
Contents:
The country girls -- The lonely girl -- Girls in their married bliss -- Epilogue.
Genre:
Added Author:
ISBN:
9780374537357
Format :
Book
