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One by One in the Darkness

by Deirdre Madden · 1997

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A story about three Northern Irish sisters. It has a double narrative, part of which describes their childhood and shows the impact of the political changes and the violence of the late-1960s upon the people of Ulster, as the wholeness and coherence of early childhood gradually break down.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
sisterssistersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisNorthern IrelandNorthern IrelandMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 181 pages

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