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The Coast Road

By: Alan Murrin
Narrated by: Jessica Regan
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Bloomsbury presents The Coast Road by Alan Murrin, read by Jessica Regan

* WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS: NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2024 *

‘A perfect book club read ... Assured and powerful’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘I loved this novel ... An addictive read’ GILLIAN ANDERSON
‘Moves between rage, forgiveness and hope ... A stonkingly good novel’ SARAH WINMAN
‘A beautiful, accomplished debut’ LOUISE KENNEDY

It’s 1994 in County Donegal, Ireland, and everyone is talking about Colette Crowley: the writer, the bohemian, the woman who left her family to be with a married man in Dublin.

Returning to pick up the pieces of her old life, Colette finds that nothing – and everything – has changed. When the man to whom she is still married denies her access to their children, Colette enlists the help of Izzy, a housewife and mother of two, and the women forge a friendship that will send them on a spiralling journey – one towards a path of self-discovery, and the other towards tragedy.

A WOMAN & HOME and NB. MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

©2024 Alan Murrin (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Tear-jerking Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking
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No time wasted on repeated storytelling perfect length great narration choice on audible ! Would read again , expect lots of tear

Loved it

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Beautifully written , I felt the pain, aner, confusion, resignation and final bravery of all the women.

I reminder how far we've come .....

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This is set at a time before Ireland had divorce . Something I had no idea occurred . The control and fear this caused women and families is difficult to imagine . This book shows the impact of this control the imbalance in marriages and the lives women were captured in . Freedom is a thread throughout women seeking freedom and how to grasp it and the perils it brought . A Really excellent book and the narration was perfect . I shall certainly look for more by this author .

Beautifully read and a moving story

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I loved everything about it-the lives of the 3 women were so beautifully described

This is such a wonderful, deep book

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One of the best books I’ve listened to in a very long time. Would imagine this would be a perfect book club choice (if I were part of a book club) Totally absorbed from the start.

Engrossed

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