Solace : A Novel (Paperback)

from teresa1953

This is a very accomplished and emotional debut novel, very sensitively written. The central character, Mark Casey, raised on a farm in rural Ireland, has left home to pursue a doctorate In Dublin. However, he is unable to focus on his studies or find the time to produce an eloquent thesis, much ...

from Her_Royal_Orangeness

You know those days when it rains and rains, unrelenting, making you feel miserable and bereft, making you forget that there is such a thing as sunshine and hope? That is the mood of "Solace." Quiet. Grey. Melancholy. "Solace" is Mark's story. His struggles with his doctoral thesis. His struggles...

from oldblack

I don't know. . . . maybe I'm thick. Yes, that's true, and maybe I was also distracted by events in my own life when I was reading this. Anyway, I didn't understand the ending of this book. I didn't understand the reason why the father, Tom, spent so much money on useless farm machinery. I certai...

from icolford

In Belinda McKeon's prize-winning first novel, Mark Casey is a doctoral student writing a thesis on the 19th-century novelist Maria Edgeworth. As with many students who toil over a long-term academic project, Mark has grown weary of his subject and doubtful of both his argument and his career pro...