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The Glass Fern: A Novel

Mary McCarthy

A young Irish woman is drawn into the Howard family and their curse. Through unfolding circumstances she is forced into a journey that takes her from Dublin to India working as a nurse. She works in the refugee camps of Calcutta during the East/West Pakistan War. On her return to Dublin she becomes embroiled again in the life of the Howard family.

GenresLiterature & FictionGenre FictionHistorical

251 pages

English edition · First published 2007 by Original Writing · ISBN 9781906018191

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