The Silence of October

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As the seventh anniversary of their daughter’s death approaches, Klara and Hector Armstrong are struggling to live alongside grief. Klara, a former concert pianist, is consumed by guilt over the love she believes she never truly felt for her daughter, while Hector, an academic, buries himself in a literary biography that begins to expose truths he has spent a lifetime avoiding. When an invitation to the Samhain handfasting of their goddaughter reunites them with Klara’s oldest friend, Diane, old wounds reopen and long-buried secrets surface. As the past collides with the present, all three must confront loss, love and the choices that have shaped their lives.

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As the seventh anniversary of their daughter’s death approaches, Klara and Hector Armstrong are struggling to live alongside grief. Klara, a former concert pianist, is consumed by guilt over the love she believes she never truly felt for her daughter, while Hector, an academic, buries himself in a literary biography that begins to expose truths he has spent a lifetime avoiding. When an invitation to the Samhain handfasting of their goddaughter reunites them with Klara’s oldest friend, Diane, old wounds reopen and long-buried secrets surface. As the past collides with the present, all three must confront loss, love and the choices that have shaped their lives.

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Book_author

Guard, Sharon

Publisher

Poolbeg Press

Imprint

Poolbeg Press

Cover

Paperback

Pages

450

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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