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The long falling /

A woman in rural Ireland kills her husband to free herself of his abuse. She flees to her son in Dublin, but he does not keep her secret and her bid for freedom fails. A first novel.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ridgway, Keith, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.
Subjects:
British > Ireland > Fiction.
Mothers and sons > Fiction.
Culture conflict > Fiction.
Gay men > Fiction.
Ireland > Fiction.
Britanniques > Irlande > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mères et fils > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Conflit culturel > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Homosexuels masculins > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Irlande > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
British.
Culture conflict.
Gay men.
Mothers and sons.
Ireland.
Domestic fiction.
Gay fiction.
Description
Summary:A woman in rural Ireland kills her husband to free herself of his abuse. She flees to her son in Dublin, but he does not keep her secret and her bid for freedom fails. A first novel.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Purchased for the Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies collection by The Cushing Library.
Physical Description:305 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:0395905303
9780395905302