Annie Dunne

Name: Annie Dunne
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Sebastian Barry
ISBN: 9798212225304

Author: Sebastian Barry

Narrator: Caroline Lennon

Unabridged: 7 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 11/08/2022

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Small Town & Rural

Synopsis

It is 1959 in Wicklow, Ireland, and Annie and her cousin Sarah are living and working together to keep Sarah’s small farm running. Suddenly, Annie’s young niece and nephew are left in their care.Unprepared for the chaos that two children inevitably bring, but nervously excited nonetheless, Annie finds the interruption of her normal life and her last chance at happiness complicated further by the attention being paid to Sarah by a local man with his eye on the farm.A summer of adventure, pain, delight, and, ultimately, epiphany unfolds for both the children and their caretakers in this poignant and exquisitely told story of innocence, loss, and reconciliation.

About Sebastian Barry

Sebastian Barry, named Irish fiction laureate in 2018, is a playwright and author whose novels include A Long Long Way, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, as was The Secret Scripture, which was also a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist and winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, and the Irish Novel of the Year. His plays have been produced in London, Dublin, Sydney, and New York.

About Caroline Lennon

Caroline Lennon, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a theater, film, radio, and television actress. She was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, and trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jaline on October 25, 2018

Oh, Annie – Annie Dunne. How my heart went out to you as you told me your stories – past and present – and how the future held such strong fears for you. ”What is this growing old, when even the engine that holds our despair and hope in balance begins to fail us? .” Annie Dunne was left with a lum......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on September 02, 2019

Meet the Irish version of Olive Kitteridge. Both Annie and Olive hate and are fearful of changes in their town and their world. Both can be unpleasant and unpredictable. Both can have a sharp tongue and say things they later regret. Both fear aging and feel life has not turned out the way they had o......more

Goodreads review by Kasa on May 17, 2023

Sebastian Barry is a favorite writer whose worth has been established by his being appointed Fiction Laureate of Ireland, an astounding feat in itself as Ireland is the source for the most musical writing around. Annie Dunne may or may not have its basis in reality, probably so, since Barry has base......more

Quotes

“Annie’s passionate observations and shifting moods—rendered in dense prose that’s close to poetry—fuel this fine novel.” New York Times Book Review

“A subtle but powerful novel of a spinster’s life in the Irish countryside rises to great emotional heights…this is a deliciously poetic book.” The Washington Post

“Barry’s gift for image and metaphor…are equaled here by his eye for descriptive detail.” Publishers Weekly