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Nothing But Blue Sky

  • Imprint: Penguin Ireland

  • ISBN: 9781844884759

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 216mm x 23mm x 135mm

  • Weight: 316g

  • RRP: £12.99

Nothing But Blue Sky

Is there such a thing as a perfect marriage?

David thought so. But when his wife Mary Rose dies suddenly he has to think again. In reliving their twenty years together David sees that the ground beneath them had shifted and he simply hadn't noticed. Or had chosen not to.

Figuring out who Mary Rose really was and the secrets that she kept - some of these hidden in plain sight - makes David wonder if he really knew her. Did he even know himself?

Nothing But Blue Sky is a precise and tender story of love in marriage - a gripping examination of what binds couples together and of what keeps them apart.

'Touching and enthralling' Sunday Times

'What a beautiful novel ... Elegant, understated, subtly powerful, and rings so perfectly true' Donal Ryan

'Heart-rending ... a tender and beautiful [love story] ... MacMahon's words ring with the honesty of truth, offering genuine insight into the human condition' Business Post

'Gentle and triumphant, MacMahon offers us a novel seeped in beautiful prose and poignant tenderness' Anne Griffin

'A beautifully written and powerful tale' Woman & Home

'Sure and subtle, MacMahon holds the reader in her spell. She is a born storyteller' Mike McCormack

  • Imprint: Penguin Ireland

  • ISBN: 9781844884759

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 216mm x 23mm x 135mm

  • Weight: 316g

  • RRP: £12.99

Reviews

  • Touching and enthralling

    Sunday Times

  • A piece of perfection - a subtle, thought-provoking investigation of a marriage. It rings true. It's the best book I've read all year

    Irish Examiner

  • What a beautiful novel ... elegant, understated, subtly powerful, and rings so perfectly true ... Beautiful, poignant moments, drawn with such quiet power. And that quiet power is alive and at work on every page

    Donal Ryan

  • Insightful and deeply moving, this is a story of one man's grief that somehow manages to hold onto its sense of humour. I loved this book

    Christine Dwyer Hickey

  • Skilfully written with a wonderful lightness of touch ... An acutely observed portrait of a relationship ... filled with astute observations of human behaviour

    Irish Times

  • Kathleen MacMahon's prose could not appear more effortless or beautiful

    Sunday Independent

  • Heart-rending ... a tender and beautiful [love story] ... MacMahon's words ring with the honesty of truth, offering genuine insight into the human condition

    Business Post

  • A tender dissection of marriage

    Independent

  • A beautifully written and powerful tale

    Woman & Home

  • Gentle and triumphant, MacMahon offers us a novel steeped in beautiful prose and poignant tenderness

    Anne Griffin

About the Author

Kathleen MacMahon

Nothing But Blue Sky is Kathleen MacMahon's third novel. Her first, This is How it Ends, published in 2012, was translated into more than twenty languages, spent five weeks at the top of the bestseller lists in Ireland, and was a Richard and Judy Book Club choice in the UK. Her second novel, The Long, Hot Summer was published to much acclaim in 2015 and was also a bestseller in Ireland. Kathleen is a former radio and television journalist with Ireland's national broadcaster, RTÉ, and she lives in Dublin with her family.

Kathleen MacMahon

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