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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (New York Review Books Classics)
by Brian Moore

Published: 2010-06-15
Paperback : 240 pages
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is an unflinching and deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman destroyed by self and circumstance. First published in 1955, it marked Brian Moore as a major figure in English literature (he would go on to be short-listed three times for the Booker Prize) ...
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is an unflinching and deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman destroyed by self and circumstance. First published in 1955, it marked Brian Moore as a major figure in English literature (he would go on to be short-listed three times for the Booker Prize) and established him as an astute chronicler of the human soul.

Judith Hearne is an unmarried woman of a certain age who has come down in society. She has few skills and is full of the prejudices and pieties of her genteel Belfast upbringing. But Judith has a secret life. And she is just one heartbreak away from revealing it to the world.

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by Yvonne M. (see profile) 05/19/19

 
  "A brilliant re-creation of a time and place"by Joe S. (see profile) 12/06/11

but a tough read, in the sense that it's a bit of a downer -- if you insist on likable characters, and/or up-beat endings, this is not the book for you.

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