Protection

by Molly McCloskey

The first novel by Molly McCloskey author of two acclaimed short-story collections tells the story of a family in present-day Gillian, who runs a self-help farm for over-stressed high-achievers; her husband Damian, who becomes the public face of a dubiously conceived heritage village that attempts to re-create 1950s Ireland; and their daughter Heather, who isn't sure whether she wants her teenage life to speed up or slow down. It's a book about memory and loss, modernity and love; or, as the agent put it, Anne Tyler meets Jonathan Franzen'.

Genres: Fiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Séamas · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found it a bit hard to get into at first, sometimes I found her over-enthusiastic in her use of modern jargon, but in the end it was a fairly satisfying read.