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Morrison's follow-up to "When Did You Last See Your Father?". A poignant study of family conflict, love, war and marriage. Offers an insight into life during W.W.II. "Morrison's prose has the diamond cut of a poet's eye, and his story is suffused with warmth and longing...he has brought his mother vividly to life in an outstanding work of family literature" "Independent".
Synopsis
"And When Did You Last See Your Father?" is about a son's search to discover the truth about the remarkable Kerry girl who qualified as a doctor in Dublin in 1942, worked in British hospitals during the war, and then reinvented herself to adapt to a quieter post-war family life. This title is a anatomy of family conflict, love, war and marriage.
