Gilmartin Sarah - Dinner Party - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A remarkable Irish family saga about the messiness of modern family life a major debut from a blazing new talent that's already an international sensation Sarah Gilmartin gives us terrific complex characters and strong themes in prose that is charged with insight. Anne Enright The search is off - - here is our next read. Here is an expert writer. Meg Mason A riveting beautifully written and poignant coming - of - age story about the heartrending complications of sibling relationships and the trauma of family secrets perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson Maggie O Farrell and Anne Enright. Kate has taught herself to be careful to be meticulous. To mark the anniversary of a death in the family she plans a dinner party - from the fancy table settings to the perfect Baked Alaska waiting in the freezer. Yet by the end of the night old tensions have flared the guests have fled and Kate is spinning out of control. But all we have is ourselves her father once said all we have is family. Set between the 1990s and the present day from a farmhouse in Carlow to Trinity College Dublin Dinner Party is a dark sharply observed debut told with sharp elegant humour that thrillingly unravels into family secrets and tragedy.
Title: Dinner Party
Author(s): Gilmartin Sarah
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Barcode: 9781911590583
Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/7/2023
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction