BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250313T000000Z DTEND:20250313T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Novel Thoughts Book Club: The Coast Road (In-Person) DESCRIPTION:Join us as we discuss The Coast Road by Alan Murrin \n\nREGISTER HERE \n\nAbout the book: \n\nA poignant and heartbreaking debut novel set in the 1990s in a claustrophobic coast town. With divorce not yet legal in Ireland\, how will two women trapped in very different marriages find their way?\n\n\n\nSet in 1994 \, The Coast Road tells the story of two women Izzy Keaveney\, a housewife\, and Colette Crowley\, a poet. Colette has left her husband and sons for a married man in Dublin. When she returns to her home in County Donegal to try to pick up the pieces of her old life\, her husband\, Shaun\, a successful businessman\, denies her access to her children. The only way she can see them is with the help of neighbor Izzy\, acting as a go-between. Izzy also feels caught in a troubled marriage. Their friendship that develops between them will ultimately lead to tragedy for one\, and freedom for the other. Addictive as Big Little Lies\, with a depth and compassion that rivals the works of Claire Keegan\, Elizabeth Strout\, and Colm T ib n\, The Coast Road is a story about the limits placed on women's lives in Ireland only a generation ago\, and the consequences women have suffered trying to gain independence. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us as we discuss The Coast Road by Alan Murrin \;

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REGISTER HERE \;

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A poignant and heartbreaking debut novel set in the 1990s in a claustrophobic coast town. With divorce not yet legal in Ireland\, how will two women trapped in very different marriages find their way?
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\nSet in 1994 \, The Coast Road tells the story of two women&mdash\;Izzy Keaveney\, a housewife\, and Colette Crowley\, a poet. Colette has left her husband and sons for a married man in Dublin. When she returns to her home in County Donegal to try to pick up the pieces of her old life\, her husband\, Shaun\, a successful businessman\, denies her access to her children. The only way she can see them is with the help of neighbor Izzy\, acting as a go-between. Izzy also feels caught in a troubled marriage. Their friendship that develops between them will ultimately lead to tragedy for one\, and freedom for the other. Addictive as Big Little Lies\, \;with a depth and compassion that rivals the works of Claire Keegan\, Elizabeth Strout\, and Colm Tó\;ibí\;n\, The Coast Road is a story about the limits placed on women&rsquo\;s lives in Ireland only a generation ago\, and the consequences women have suffered trying to gain independence.

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