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The Slowworm's Song
The Slowworm's Song
The Slowworm's Song
Audiobook9 hours

The Slowworm's Song

Written by Andrew Miller

Narrated by James Lailey

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A Best Book Of 2022 (New Yorker)

A Best Book Of Fall 2022 (Wall Street Journal)

A tender tale of guilt, trust, and a father's yearning to atone.

A harmless-looking letter drops onto the doormat in Stephen Rose's Somerset home like an unexploded bomb. It is a summons to an inquiry in Belfast, asking him to give testimony about his participation in a disastrous event during the Troubles-one he has long worked to forget.

An ailing ex-soldier and recovering alcoholic, Stephen has just begun to build a fragile bond with Maggie, the adult daughter he barely knows. For two years, he has worked hard to earn her trust, but the tragedy of what occurred back in the summer of 1982 has the power to destroy their new relationship. To buy time, he decides to write her an account of his life. Part explanation, part confession, it is also a love letter to Maggie.

When the moment comes that he must face what happened in Belfast that summer, the consequences are devastating-but ultimately liberating. Giving voice to those little heard in the literature of the Irish Troubles, The Slowworm's Song is an unforgettable story about a man who learns that the only way back from the underworld is up.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 26, 2023
ISBN9798350861860
Author

Andrew Miller

ANDREW MILLER is an operations expert whose clients include the Bank of Nova Scotia, McKesson Canada, 3M Canada, Mount Sinai Hospital, and other world-class institutions. Before starting his firm in 2006, he held senior consulting positions with IBM Business Consulting Services and PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting.

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