All We Shall Know: A Novel

Authors: Ryan, Donal
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC044000, FIC045000, FIC019000
ISBN: 9781524704834, Related ISBNs: 0143131044, 1524704830, 152477863X, 1524778648, 9780143131045
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 192,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: A breathtaking and redemptive novel from the award-winning and Man Booker nominated author Donal Ryan 

Melody Shee is alone and in trouble. At 33 years-old, she finds herself pregnant with the child of a 17 year-old Traveller boy, Martin Toppy, and not by her husband Pat. Melody was teaching Martin to read, but now he’s gone, and Pat leaves too, full of rage. She’s trying to stay in the moment, but the future is looming, while the past won’t let her go. It’s a good thing that she meets Mary Crothery when she does. Mary is a bold young Traveller woman, and she knows more about Melody than she lets on. She might just save Melody’s life. 

Following the nine months of her pregnancy, All We Shall Know unfolds with emotional immediacy in Melody’s fierce, funny, and unforgettable voice, as she contends with her choices, past and present.
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