The art of falling a novel

"Nessa McCormack's seemingly perfect life is coming apart at the seams: her marriage is on the rocks, her daughter is pulling away from her, and the arrival of a young man named Luke threatens to reveal a damning secret from her past. Nessa's solace is her work at a local art gallery,...

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Main Author: McLaughlin, Danielle, 1969- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, [2021]
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: "Nessa McCormack's seemingly perfect life is coming apart at the seams: her marriage is on the rocks, her daughter is pulling away from her, and the arrival of a young man named Luke threatens to reveal a damning secret from her past. Nessa's solace is her work at a local art gallery, where she is in charge of a retrospective exhibit for one of Ireland's beloved and enigmatic artists: Robert Locke. But this, too, is thrown into chaos when a woman comes forward claiming to be the true creator of Locke's most famous work, The Chalk Sculpture. Danielle McLaughlin weaves these two narratives together to reveal profound truths about love, power, and the secrets that rule us"--
Physical Description: 366 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780812998443
0812998448
Author Notes: Danielle McLaughlin is the author of the short story collection Dinosaurs on Other Planets . Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker , The Irish Times , The Stinging Fly , and various anthologies. McLaughlin has won the Windham Campbell Prize, the William Trevor/Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story Competition, the Willesden Short Story Prize, the Merriman Short Story Competition in memory of Maeve Binchy, and the Dromineer Literary Festival short story competition. She lives in County Cork, Ireland.