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The Blackwater Lightship
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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Set in Ireland in the 1990s, Colm Tóibín's The Blackwater Lightship tells the story of the Devereux family. Dora Devereux, her daughter Lily and her granddaughter Helen have come together after years of strife and reached an uneasy truce. Helen’s adored brother, Declan, is dying. Two friends join him and the women in a crumbling old house by the sea, where the six of them, from different generations and with different beliefs, must listen to and come to terms with one another.
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- Kath Potter
- 22-10-22
Great storyline
This is a very enjoyable story by Colm Toibin, beautifully read by Niamh Cusack. I couldn’t wait to see how it would turn out. The ending was a little rushed but maybe that’s just me- I like everything cut and dried by the end of a book!
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- Beverley howard
- 11-07-23
Moving and hopeful
An insightful story about healing of a family coming about through a desperate illness. Sad and moving, yet ultimately hopeful.
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- Mrs R
- 14-02-21
Sensitive and beautiful story read perfectly
Gentle, touching story with realistic characters I quickly warmed to and felt l was privileged to witness their story. Narration is perfect and thank you to Ms Cusack for the care with which she told the story xx
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- Fatgillie
- 19-01-23
Beautiful story sympathetically narrated
This is, on the surface, a simple, sad story which explores complex family relationships. Much of it will resonate with those who have had to navigate difficulty mother-daughter relationships and it is all the more remarkable that the author is male given the insights into female sensibilities. Although sad, the story offers hope. The story will stay with me quite a while I feel.
Worth mention is the narrator’s gentle, sensitive performance which is just perfect.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-06-18
Heart rending
A delicately elegant story of a fractured family brought together through the challenge of caring for a loved one.
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- Ciarán
- 23-02-22
20 years later, still brilliant
I read this first in the early 00s. Now living near Blackwater, the poignancy of the book lands differently, but still a beautiful read.
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- A S Ravenscroft
- 21-08-21
Exquisite
Beautifully navigated family tensions, as one wonders if reconciliation is possible... evocative,poignant, utterly believable
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-02-22
Utterly moving
Crying buckets - combination of Niamh Cusacks’s tender tones and the desperate situations of the fractured family and wonderful friends.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-07-22
Extraordinarily beautiful observation of family life.
Wonderfully written and beautifully portrayed. Miss Cusack’s acting is sublime. Highly recommended! Colm Toibin writes with exquisite insight into the complex relationships in a family. Kitchen sink at its best.
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- Tarnya
- 07-03-23
Brilliantly crafted novel
Funny, raw, beautifully observed and tender story of a family facing tragedy. The complexity of the interior lives of characters is the author at his best. Easily as good as Nora Webster .
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