Redemption Falls

From the author of the international bestseller Star of the Sea comes this epic novel and unforgettable love story. This book took my breath away . . . [it] is a brave book and only a brave heart could have written it.--Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes.

Review :
""Redemption Falls,.".is told with extraordinary ingenuity, the tone a mixture of the playful and the grave, at times fast-moving, smart, and very clever, and then full of beautiful writing and heartbreaking sequences. The cadences of the competing voices in the book combine to produce a dazzling narrative."-- Colm TA3ibA-n, author of "The Master," winner of the 2006 Dublin International IMPAC Award ""Redemption Falls" is a gem. It's a glorious book, enormous, virtuoso, and brave. Its scope is wide -- love, death, war, belonging -- and yet its gaze is intimate. At its heart is the story of a woman who wants to return to the only country she has -- her family. The language is at turns bawdy, ancient, poetic, grand, and funny. One can't dismiss the genius that's involved in being able to tell such necessary stories in a time of war and still be able to beat back all the cliches. The minute I finished the book I wanted to start reading it all over again."-- Colum McCann, author of "Dancer" (Irish Novel of the Year 2005) and "Zoli" "A huge achievement, as deep as it is wide, this is a book like no other of these times -- a panorama of violence, vigor, and tragic love set among people devastated by the American Civil War, brilliantly recounted in the multiple tones of their voices, writings, and songs, and realized with an empathy both impressive and extraordinarily moving."-- Nuala O'Faolain, author of "Are You Somebody?" and "Almost There" "A major work of modern fiction from an astoundingly accomplished writer." -- "The Guardian" "A superb achievement."-- "The Irish Times" "Sensational...Hypnotically effective..."Gone With the Wind" rewritten by a Dublin-born apprentice to Charles Dickens."-- Brian Lynch, "Irish Independent" "This book took my breath away."--Frank McCourt " Redemption Falls deals with a crucial period in the history of Ireland and the United States. The story is told with extraordinary ingenuity, the tone a mixture of the playful and the grave, at times fast-moving, smart and very clever, and then full of beautiful writing and heart-breaking sequences. The cadences of the competing voices in the book combine to produce a dazzling narrative." -- Colm Toibin, author of The Master, winner of the 2006 Dublin International IMPAC Award " Redemption Falls is a gem. It's a glorious book, enormous, virtuoso and brave. Its scope is wide -- love, death, war, belonging -- and yet its gaze is intimate. At its heart is the story of a woman who wants to return to the only country she has -- her family. The language is at turns bawdy, ancient, poetic, grand and funny. One can't dismiss the genius that's involved in being able to tell such necessary stories in a time of war and still be able to beat back all the clich e s. The minute I finished the book I wanted to start reading it all over again." -- Colum McCann, author of Dancer (Irish Novel of the Year 2005) and Zoli "A superb achievement."-- "The Irish Times" "This book took my breath away."--Frank McCourt ""Redemption Falls"...is told with extraordinary ingenuity, the tone a mixture of the playful and the grave, at times fast-moving, smart, and very clever, and then full of beautiful writing and heartbreaking sequences. The cadences of the competing voices in the book combine to produce a dazzling narrative."-- Colm Tibn, author of "The Master", winner of the 2006 Dublin International IMPAC Award ""Redemption Falls" deals with a crucial period in the history of Ireland and the United States. The story is told with extraordinary ingenuity, the tone a mixture of the playful and the grave, at times fast-moving, smart and very clever, and then full of beautiful writing and heart-breaking sequences. The cadences of the competing voices in the book combine to produce a dazzling narrative." -- Colm Toibin, author of "The Master", winner of the 2006 Dublin International IMPAC Award "This book took my breath away. If you're interested at all in the American Civil War, Irish participation in same, love, the expansion of the West, you'll delight in this novel. It is panoramic, yet dense and delicious in detail. It is written gloriously, as if Mr O'Connor toiled at some mighty cathedral organ containing the whole of the English language with its Irish and American flavourings. This is a brave book and only a brave heart could have written it." -- Frank McCourt, author of "Angela's Ashes", winner of the Pulitzer Prize ""Redemption Falls" deals with a crucial period in the history of Ireland and the United States. The story is told with extraordinary ingenuity, the tone a mixture of the playful and the grave, at times fast-moving, smart and very clever, and then full of beautiful writing and heart-breaking sequences. The cadences of the competing voices in the book combine to produce a dazzling narrative." -- Colm Toibin, author of "The Master," winner of the 2006 Dublin International IMPAC Award "There is so much that is memorable in Star of the Sea . . . grounded upon well-researched, vivid, unprejudiced empathy." -"Sunday Telegraph"