Robert Slack’s Reviews > Migrations > Status Update

'Mam used to tell me to look for the clues.'....
... They're everywhere.

'‘Does it feel like a cage?’ My eyes prickle. ‘No,’ I say, and I feel that deep and terrible binding for what it is,'...
The agony and the ecstasy.

'‘I went there when I was eighteen thinking I’d find that homeplace.’ He shrugs, takes another drag. ‘Can’t find it anywhere.’'....
... Basil, to Franny, looking for a place he can call home.

Galway, Ireland...
'she’s never rightly understood the fascination, why they come here in droves to see this small windy stretch of land, where life is as plain as it comes. I don’t know how to answer her, except to agree that it is somewhat inexplicable, but has, I think, to do with music and stories and poetry and roots and family and belonging and curiosity.'....
... Margaret Bowen