Author Louise Dean takes up an audacious challenge in this 2005 novel: using two rotating narrators, one the mother of an imprisoned son in the Maze and the other as a prison guard there, to see The Troubles from either side of the struggle.
“A highlight of the month of December for my sisters and me, growing up in New York City in the…
“She ordered me a lemonáda. For the next few weeks during that hot confusing summer, many years ago, this…
“Just follow.” He took off, pushing the larger ferns from his face. There were two paths to choose from, both…
