The Ante-Room

Ireland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal need and the Catholic faith with the sympathy and insight which is the hallmark of her craft.

Title - The Ante-Room

Edition -

Author - Kate O'Brien

ISBN 13 - 9780860688259

Imprint - Virago Press Ltd

Publisher - Little, Brown Book Group

Date Published - 20/01/2000

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 126 x 198 x mm

Weight - g

Languages - English