{"title":"Orla Mackey Collection","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 14\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 14\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eORLA MACKEY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a writer and teacher based in Co. Kilkenny in Ireland. She studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMouthing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis her first novel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMOUTHING - Out May 30th 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWelcome to Ballyrowan. This sleepy corner of Ireland may seem tranquil but scratch the surface and you'll find a hotbed of gossip and intrigue - endless material for mouthing - and a town full of people only too happy to oblige in spreading the bad news. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNarrated by several generations of villagers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMouthing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etraces the misadventures of one small community from the mid-20th century to the early 21st in a series of highly confessional, darkly humorous, sharply observed monologues. These are people who delight in twisting the knife, perfecting the art of schadenfreude over many decades. And, it becomes clear, none of them are entirely reliable witnesses. As each one tells their version of events, revealing contradictory versions of 'the truth', we see how feuds are passed down through the generations, how families are estranged or reunited and fortunes made or lost, how strict social expectations can shift and loosen over time (and how some things remain stubbornly unchanged). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMouthing is an acerbic, unsentimental love letter to rural Ireland, where everyone knows everyone else's business and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eeveryone \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehas an opinion on it - where 'community' is both a lifeboat and a life sentence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"orla-mackey-mouthing-2024-paperback","title":"Orla Mackey: Mouthing [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, a multigenerational portrait of small-town life in Ireland from a refreshing new talent in literary fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A bittersweet love letter to small-town Irish life over several generations, in the vein of Elizabeth Strout's \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge' Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 'Fiction to look out for in 2024'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to Ballyrowan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sleepy corner of rural Ireland may seem tranquil, but scratch the surface and you'll find a hotbed of gossip and intrigue - endless material for mouthing - and a town full of people only too happy to oblige in spreading the bad news.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrated by several generations of villagers, \u003ci\u003eMouthing \u003c\/i\u003etraces the fortunes of one small community from the mid-20th century to the early 21st, in a series of highly confessional and darkly hilarious monologues. The good people of Ballyrowan delight in twisting the knife, in tormenting one another, in perfecting the art of schadenfreude. And, it becomes clear, none of them are entirely reliable witnesses. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs each character offers their version of 'the truth', upending our assumptions at every turn, we see how feuds are passed down through the generations, how families are estranged or reunited and fortunes made or lost, how strict social expectations can shift and loosen over decades (and how some things remain stubbornly unchanged). 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Stories about the girl who got herself into trouble and disappeared to America, the brother and sister who both went mad, the priest who tried to help them and the doctor who had them committed, about your man going off with a young one half his age, the child he left behind, the neighbour who took her in, and what was said and done about it afterwards . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engrossing, funny, delightfully wicked' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A novel for anyone who ever wondered what the neighbours are really up to behind closed doors' Jan Carson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Raptures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of disgrace, inherited trauma and family secrets. 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