Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Epoque Press
Published:19th Mar '26
Should be back in stock very soon
A perceptive, emotionally rich novel of family, memory, and long-buried truths.
As spring evenings lengthen over Kilnavarn House, two sisters, looking after their infirm mother, navigate the fragile territory between past and present.
Memories of a troubled upbringing resurface and the house holds onto the women, as it always has, refusing to let them go until long suppressed truths are spoken.
Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky is a tender exploration of ageing, memory, place, and the desire for reconciliation.
'Another vital work from a quiet radical. A novel of doubleness, memory and the uneasy inheritance of love...it is worth remembering those who laid the ground for...a new generation of writers.'
The Irish Times
* The Irish Times *'Both chordally classic and replete with current literary appeal. Mary O’Donnell writes with all the assurance you would expect from an author of her experience, be it in luscious descriptions of landscape or sharp observations on familial frustrations.'
Irish Examiner
* The Irish Examiner *'Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky is a triumph...a remarkably sophisticated tale...Mary O'Donnell brillinatly explores the liminal phases in ordinary lives.'
The Irish Independent
* The Irish Independent *'In Sweep the Cobwebs, O’Donnell offers a rich perspective on how abounding layers of trauma can impact a family.. The novel’s strengths lie in its unyielding candidness in emotional expression.'
Books Ireland
* Books Ireland MagaziISBN: 9781068716256
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290 pages