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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Gilligan, Ruth, author.     Subjects     Butchers (Persons) -- Fiction.     Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Ireland -- Fiction.     Blessing and cursing -- Fiction.     Photographers -- Fiction.     Teenage girls -- Ireland -- Fiction.     Families -- Ireland -- Fiction.     Revenge -- Fiction.     Bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- Ireland -- Fiction.     Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 21st century -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gilligan, Ruth, author.       by title:      The butchers' blessi...         MARC Display

The butchers' blessing / Ruth Gilligan. by Gilligan, Ruth, author. Portland, Oregon : Tin House, [2020] Subjects Butchers (Persons) -- Fiction.   Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Ireland -- Fiction.   Blessing and cursing -- Fiction.   Photographers -- Fiction.   Teenage girls -- Ireland -- Fiction.   Families -- Ireland -- Fiction.   Revenge -- Fiction.   Bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- Ireland -- Fiction.   Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 21st century -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781947793781 (hardcover) 1947793780 (hardcover) Description:  300 pages ; 23 cm Edition:  First US edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Every year, Úna prepares for her father to leave her. He will wave goodbye early one morning, then disappear with seven other men to traverse the Irish countryside. Together, these men form the Butchers, a group that roams from farm to farm, enacting ancient methods of cattle slaughter. The Butchers' Blessing moves between the events of 1996 and the present, offering a simmering glimpse into the modern tensions that surround these eight fabled men. For Úna, being a Butcher's daughter means a life of tangled ambition and incredible loneliness. For her mother, Grá, it's a life of faith and longing, of performing a promise that she may or may not be able to keep. For nonbeliever Fionn, the Butchers represent a dated and complicated reality, though for his son, Davey, they represent an entirely new world--and potentially new love. For photographer Ronan, the Butchers are ideal subjects: representatives of an older, more folkloric Ireland whose survival is now being tested. As he moves through the countryside, Ronan captures this world image by image--a lake, a cottage, and his most striking photo: a single Butcher, hung upside down in a pose of unspeakable violence."--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Fiction Gilligan   Checked In Add Copy to MyList CLOSED TEMPORARILY: Honokaa Public Library Adult Fiction Gilligan Realistic Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kealakekua Public Library Adult Fiction Gilligan   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Fiction Gilligan   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Fiction Gilligan   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Fiction Gilligan   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Naalehu Public Library Adult Fiction Gilligan   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Adult Fiction Gilligan   Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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