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Shade

Neil Jordan

20041 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2004
first published
  • 2004Hodder & Stoughton · ENGISBN 9780719567612
  • 2004Bloomsbury · 275 pages · ENGISBN 9781582344829
  • 2004John Murray · 319 pages · ENGISBN 9780719561863
  • 2005John Murray · 319 pages · ENGISBN 9780719561887
  • 2006Chivers · 421 pages · ENGISBN 9781405635998
  • 2012Hodder & Stoughton · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9781848548046
  • 2005Bloomsbury USA · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9781582346021
  • 2021Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pagesISBN 9781665182805

Ireland, 1950. Nina Hardy wakes in the big house where she grew up. Now aged fifty, she has returned to the fading beauty of her old home, and its unkempt gardens, its views of the wild Irish Sea, and its long-buried memories. With her childhood friend George, she is seeking peace from a turbulent world. But by the end of the day, a brutal crime will have been committed, which will alter their lives forever. As Nina tries to make sense of everything that has happened, a remarkable story unfolds; a story of a childhood, of extraordinary friendships, and of a war.

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