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The Blackwater Lightship

(1999)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1999 Booker Prize (shortlist)
2001 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (nominee)

Helen's brother is dying, and with two of his friends she waits for the end in her grandmother's crumbling old house. Her mother and grandmother, after years of strife have come to an uneasy peace. The six of them, from different generations and beliefs, are forced to come to terms with each other.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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