Hodgkinson, Peter
The 12 Pins
- ISBN 13:
- 9781739123734
- author:
- Hodgkinson, Peter
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- PeancoBooks
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 342
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, War & Military, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
In 1947, Mary Deben travels to a remote cottage in Connemara, Ireland to write her 'Spanish novel'. She recalls her recruitment in 1937 of Tom Lees, a young Irish writer, to be her 'eyes and ears' on their journey to report on the Irish Blueshirts in the Spanish Civil War. As she was prevented from going to the front, only Tom witnesses action with the calamitous Irish Brigade. Ten years later, Mary remains remorseful of having enlisted Tom. Unwittingly, she becomes involved in the child abuse scandal of the Industrial Schools. Recruiting a young Christian Brother, she gathers evidence of the abuse in a local school and learns of Tom's fate. A meeting with an extraordinary stranger also has unexpected consequences. This novel explores the complex web of relationships and events that unfold when past and present collide.
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