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Winter People
Three Days, Three Strangers, One Question
The wild Atlantic coast of Ireland.
Three strangers.
One question: who are we without the people we love?
Sis Cotter has lived her whole life in a small house by her beloved beach. Here, she grew up, reared her family, and buried her husband. Now her children are far away and, in three days, her house will be taken from her.
Next door, Lydia has withdrawn from her husband, her friends, her life. She watches the sea as her own private penance for a wrong she can never put right.
Peter's best friend is dying, and his long-time foster mother is slowly forgetting who he is. Adrift without his two anchors, and struggling with the ethics of displacing people for a living, he looks for something to remind him of who he is and who he wants to be.
"Winter People" is a story of forgiveness, resilience, and the power of the sea to unlock what we are most afraid to say.
Three strangers.
One question: who are we without the people we love?
Sis Cotter has lived her whole life in a small house by her beloved beach. Here, she grew up, reared her family, and buried her husband. Now her children are far away and, in three days, her house will be taken from her.
Next door, Lydia has withdrawn from her husband, her friends, her life. She watches the sea as her own private penance for a wrong she can never put right.
Peter's best friend is dying, and his long-time foster mother is slowly forgetting who he is. Adrift without his two anchors, and struggling with the ethics of displacing people for a living, he looks for something to remind him of who he is and who he wants to be.
"Winter People" is a story of forgiveness, resilience, and the power of the sea to unlock what we are most afraid to say.
About the author
Grainne Murphy works in Ireland as a self-employed language editor specializing in human rights and environmental issues. Grainne has received a number of award shortlistings and longlistings for her writing including the Irish Writers' Centre Novel Fair Award 2019, Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award 2019, Caledonia Novel Award 2019, Virginia Prize for Fiction 2013, and the Bath Novel Award 2015.
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Grainne Murphy works in Ireland as a self-employed language editor specializing in human rights and environmental issues. Grainne has received a number of award shortlistings and longlistings for her writing including the Irish Writers' Centre Novel Fair Award 2019, Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award 2019, Caledonia Novel Award 2019, Virginia Prize for Fiction 2013, and the Bath Novel Award 2015.