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The Heart of Everything
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By: Henrietta McKervey
Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland
Published: January 2017
Pages: 320
Categories: Fiction
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781444794175
ASIN: 1444794175

A compelling story in the tradition of Anne Tyler and Maggie O'Farrell from one of Ireland's most exciting new voices in fiction. When Mags Jensen disappears, soon after learning she has early-stage dementia, her three grown up children are brought together to search for their mother. Over several days, old tensions rise to the surface, harking back to an earlier tragedy that splintered the family. The Heart of Everything is a taut and compelling account of the nature of family relationships and the uneasy grasp of the past over the present. Powerful revelations take hold between the siblings and their efforts to find Mags become increasingly frantic as they are forced to ask: will they ever see their lost mother again? Henrietta McKervey was born in Belfast and now lives in Dublin with her husband and two young children. Having worked as an advertising and design copywriter for several years, she completed an MFA in Creative Writing in UCD, and was the winner of the inaugural Maeve Binchy Travel Award in 2014. Her first novel, What Becomes of Us, was published in 2015. The Heart of Everything is her second novel. @hmckervey www.henriettamckervey.com

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