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Winner, Irish Book Awards Book of the Year, 2014 Academy Street is the heart-breaking and evocative story of one woman's life spanning six decades. Tess's childhood in 1940's rural Ireland is defined by the sudden death of her mother. Later, in New York, she encounters the ferocious power and calamity of love, and the effects of catastrophic fate. The novel resonates with the rhythms of memory and home as well as those of America's greatest city. This is an intimate story about unexpected gifts and unbearable losses, and the perpetual ache for belonging. It is exquisitely written and profoundly moving. Mary Costello lives in Dublin. Her collection of short stories, The China Factory , was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award. Academy Street is her first novel. 'With extraordinary devotion, Mary Costello brings to life a woman who would otherwise have faded into oblivion amid the legions of the meek and the unobtrusive.' J.M. Coetzee 'I read Academy Street cover to cover in one night, unable to stop. It is a short novel about a long life, stretching from rural Ireland to post-9/11 New York, and brings to mind the elegance of Colm Toibin and the insight of Alice Munro

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Author

Mary Costello, Mary Costello

Publisher

The Text Publishing Company

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781925095395

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.67 / 5 (1,093 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13