Ebook {Epub PDF} Mother of Pearl by Mary Morrissy

Mother of Pearl by Mary Morrissy. Members: Reviews: Popularity: Average rating: Mentions: 1: , () 2 "A tubercular child, Irene is banished to a sanitorium where, long after she is cured, she remains as a ministering angel to the lonely and the sickly - especially the men, whose furtive groping in the dark still leaves her virginal. Mother of Pearl. by. Mary Morrissy. · Rating details · 78 ratings · 11 reviews. The story of one woman's search for home and family details the abduction of an infant and revelation of a middle-aged woman who begins to remember her shadow-life as the daughter of a /5. Morrissy writes with the grace of a poet. Particularly—if bleakly—compelling is her depiction of Irene's early life: the bullying lighthouse-keeper father, the superstitious mother, and the scenes of daily life in the TB sanitorium with its petulant, coughing cardplayers and endless gray afternoons.

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Morrissy writes with the grace of a poet. Particularly—if bleakly—compelling is her depiction of Irene's early life: the bullying lighthouse-keeper father, the superstitious mother, and the scenes of daily life in the TB sanitorium with its petulant, coughing cardplayers and endless gray afternoons. Febru March 1, by Mary Morrissy Leave a Comment on Stealing babies The South African baby kidnap trial currently hitting the headlines has uncanny similarities to a notorious Irish baby-snatching case in the s, which provided the inspiration for my first novel, Mother of Pearl. Mother of Pearl: A Novel by Morrissy, Mary. Scribner. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.