Ghost Light : From the Sunday Times Bestselling author of Star of the Sea, Paperback / softback Book

Ghost Light : From the Sunday Times Bestselling author of Star of the Sea Paperback / softback

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'A virtuoso display of literary talent...brimming with sympathy and skill' Irish TimesDublin, 1907.

A young actress begins an affair with a damaged older man, the leading playwright at the theatre where she works. Outspoken and flirtatious, Molly Allgood is a Catholic girl from the slums of Dublin, dreaming of stardom in America.

Her lover, John Synge, is a troubled genius, whose life is hampered by convention and by the austere and God-fearing mother with whom he lives.

Their affair, sternly opposed by friends and family, is quarrelsome, affectionate, and tender. Many years later, Molly, now a poverty-stricken old woman, makes her way through London's bomb-scarred city streets, alone but for a snowdrift of memories.

Her once dazzling career has faded but her unquenchable passion for life has kept her afloat. 'Masterful in its management of re-imagined lives and the time they inhabit' Financial Times

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