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The Country Girls Trilogy

by Edna O'Brien · 1986

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The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogueis an absolutely engaging saga that is, thematically, about opposites - opposite dispositions and opposite views of life, the survivor versus the ungovernable romantic. It charts unflinchingly the pattern of life, for women, from the high spirits of youth to the chill of middle age, from hope to despair. It is both painful and hilarious.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
coming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 544 pages

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