"MacMahon writes with such beautiful simplicity, conjuring real and complex people straight off the page ... subtle and authentic" Claire Fuller On opposite sides of the world, halfsiblings Cassie and Christo have built their lives around work, intent on ignoring their painful past.When a dramatic storm in Galway hits the headlines, theyre drawn back there to revisit a glorious childhood summer, the last before their mother died. But their journey uncovers memories of a far less happy summer one that had tragic consequences.Confronted with the havoc their mother left in her wake, Cassie and Christo are forced to face their past and ready or not to deal with the messy tangle of parental love and neglect that shaped them.The Home Scar is a luminous and precise story about the inheritance of loss and the possibility of finally making peace with it."Her beautifully simple style belies psychological complexity ... and her tone is wryly accepting" Big Issue "Quiet and bleakly beautiful ... like the siblings and Ireland, it will leave a permanent mark on those who venture into its depths" Buzz "Picks at the wounds only a mother can inflict ... ambitious ... intricate" Sunday Independent "An exceptional novel about a brother and sister returning to the west of Ireland and to a summer of their past." Anne Griffin, Sunday Independent "A powerful story about legacy and loss and the possibility of reconciliation" Irish Times

Binding: Paperback;336 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 356 g; Dimensions: 197 x 127 x 21

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