The Marriage Bed

Deirdre O'Breen is fourteen when she flees the primitive Great Blasket Island, leaving a stunning family secret in her wake before she arrives on the mainland. There, she finds a foreign, civilized world -- and Manus, the architect son of a wealthy, devout family. Together Deirdre and Manus build a marriage that, like Dublin itself, is fraught with hope and threatened by legacies. When Deirdre's secret resurfaces, she is forced to confront the questions "How much of our parents do we carry? Do their sins and frailties shape who we become to our own children?"

Author: Regina McBride
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 06/07/2005
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780743254991

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 75

About the Author
McBride, Regina: - Regina McBride is the author of The Nature of Water and Air and The Land of Women. The recipient of fellowships from the NEA and the New York Foundation for the Arts, she lives in New York City.