Book summary

When Veronica's older brother Liam is discovered drowned, his pockets filled with stones, Veronica goes into a state of crisis. Her fragile marriage begins to come unglued and old memories resurface: sexual abuse, insane asylums, and family secrets. THE GATHERING won the Man Booker prize in 2007.

Media reviews

"Anne Enright, born in Dublin in 1962, gives us an Irish fiction that leads out of tradition into something zestily new. "

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