Product Description

• Winner of the QSPELL Award
  
  
• Chosen as the best book of the year by Maclean’s, the Toronto Star,Quill & Quire and NOW Magazine.

In the 1970s, Charles Foran met the McNallys, a Catholic family living in Belfast. Many years and many trips later, Foran came to see their home as a window onto the often violent and volatile world of Northern Ireland.

First published to great acclaim in 1995, The Last House of Ulster continues to resonate with readers today. This is the storyof Mairtin, arrested at twenty as a member of the IRA, of his sister Patricia who, dazed and exhausted, approaches a soldier and demands that he lower his gun, and of gentle Sean, who grows up knowing that he must leave Belfast. Mostof all, this is the story of James and Maureen McNally, who struggle to hold on to their own hopes and dreams while raising their family in a war-torn country.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75670 in Books
• Published on: 1995-02-03
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

About the Author
CHARLES FORAN is the acclaimed author of three novels,including House on Fire and Butterfly Lovers, and threenon-fiction works, including The Story of My Life (so far) and theGovernor General’s Award finalist The Last House of Ulster. Anawardwinning author and journalist, Foran also produces radio documentaries forCBC’s Ideas. Born and raised in Toronto, he received an M.A. in Irishliterature from University College, Dublin. Charles Foran lives in Peterborough,Ontario.