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Title	:	Annie Dunne (Dunne Family)
Author	:	Sebastian Barry
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	May 19th 2003 by Faber and Faber (first published January 1st 2002)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Ireland. Historical. Historical Fiction. European Literature. Irish Literature. Literary Fiction

Annie Dunne (Dunne Family)

Sebastian Barry

Paperback | Pages: 240 pages

Rating: 3.88 | 1284 Users | 191 Reviews

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Annie Dunne and her cousin Sarah live and work on a small farm in a remote and beautiful part of Wicklow in late 1950s Ireland. All about them the old green roads are being tarred, cars are being purchased, a way of life is about to disappear. Like two old rooks, they hold to their hill in Kelsha, cherishing everything. When Annie's nephew and his wife are set to go to London to find work, their two small children, a little boy and his older sister, are brought down to spend the summer with their grand-aunt.

It is a strange chance of happiness for Annie. Against that happiness moves the figure of Billy Kerr, with his ambiguous attentions to Sarah, threatening to drive Annie from her last niche of safety in the world. The world of childish innocence also proves sometimes darkened and puzzling to her, and she struggles to find clear ground, clear light - to preserve her sense of love and place against these subtle forces of disquiet. A summer of adventure, pain, delight and ultimately epiphany unfolds for both the children and their elderly caretakers in this poignant and exquisitely told story of innocence, loss and reconciliation.

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Original Title:	Annie Dunne
ISBN:	0571216447 (ISBN13: 9780571216444)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Dunne Family

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Ratings: 3.88 From 1284 Users | 191 Reviews

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Like "The Idea of Perfection" (Kate Grenville) this is a book about ordinary people living out their daily lives. Like that book, it is filled with the most exquisite prose that makes you want to re-read sentences and paragraphs just for the joy of it. The story improves after a slow start but the writing is like a rich Christmas pudding, with taste sensations that stay in the memory and the occasional delicious surprise.

A very moving and often lovely story; intense and exciting at times, occasionally horrifying and terrifying. Barry writes beautifully. Although I struggle with phrases like tired as a wolf and pensive as daffodils, at least his writing gives me pause for thought. This is a book to savour.The eponymous Annie Dunne is a complex character. She is disliked for her bitter tongue and mistrusted because of her bowed back, the result of childhood polio. Inside though, she is a passionate and loving

Oh, Annie Annie Dunne. How my heart went out to you as you told me your stories past and present and how the future held such strong fears for you. What is this growing old, when even the engine that holds our despair and hope in balance begins to fail us? . Annie Dunne was left with a lump high on her spine after a childhood bout with polio. Her mother died young and her father did his best to look after his daughters. He was in charge of all the police forces in Dublin and they lived in

You can tell Sebastian Barry is a poet. Every line in this book is beautiful. This is a quiet tale of an aging Irish woman who lives on her cousin's farm, and during one summer in the 1950's, she takes care of two young children, her great-niece and great-nephew. Though most people would hardly call the events of this summer world-shattering, for Annie Dunne it is a defining experience, and most of it takes place in her own mind. I truly love this author.An example of Barry's prose: "Outside the

Has anyone else noticed? In movies, a character's name alone can define.I submit to you: Annie.In the movies, Annies are always: cute/pretty/beautiful; perky/down-to-earth; inquisitive to intelligent/well-read; loyal/wholesome; a perfect woman for a good man.Think about it.In Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner is devoted to 'Annie', in jeans and flannel shirts, a Berkeley degree, who believes in magic and the first amendment.Sleepless in Seattle. Tom Hanks will never marry again. Except his son

Oh, Kelsha is a distant place, over the mountains from everywhere. You go over the mountains to get there, and eventually, through dreams. I can picture the two children in their coast arriving. It is the start of the summer and all the customs of winter and spring are behind us. Not that those customs are tended to now, much.My grand-nephew and grand-niece, titles that sound like the children of a Russian tsar.My crab-apple tree seems to watch over their coming, like a poor man forever waiting

Meet the Irish version of Olive Kitteridge. Both Annie and Olive hate and are fearful of changes in their town and their world. Both can be unpleasant and unpredictable. Both can have a sharp tongue and say things they later regret. Both fear aging and feel life has not turned out the way they had once hoped. Both become more self-aware as the story progresses, and the reader sees the softer side of these very human women.I read Olive Kitteridge twelve years ago and Annie Dunne is fresh in my