The Ghostlights: 'Exquisite' Sunday Independent

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Can we ever truly escape our past

The Ghostlights is the poignant story of a family of Irish women who are each looking for the real meaning of home. This is a novel about family, obligation, identity and small-town life, written with deftness and sensitivity by the author of Where the Edge Is.

When a stranger checks into a family B&B in a small village in rural Ireland, no one takes too much notice... at least until his body is found in the lake four days later.

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"Grinne Murphy has unearthed such a gloriously rich seam to mine in this, her second novel. . . . Although there is plenty of other drama besides, the haunted ditches and bogs, where our peculiar Irish tendency to mingle folklore with religion, sacred with profane, are artfully exploited. . . . Murphy's depiction of a family in trouble, wallowing "in the habitual, the banal" while vaguely hoping for some redemption in the season of the redeemed, is an exquisite addition to the canon of fine Irish literature about life and death in the aul' sod." --Sunday Independent

"Grinne Murphy laces a tale of life's disappointments with a delightfully wry humour, and conjures the inhabitants of Coolaroone...with incisive strokes, deft turns of phrase and great warmth." --Times

Author Bio

Grinne Murphy grew up in rural West Cork, Ireland. At university she studied Applied Psychology and Forensic Research. In 2011 she moved with her family to Brussels for 5 years. She has now returned to West Cork, working as a self-employed language editor specializing in human rights and environmental issues.

Grinne's debut novel Where the Edge Is was published by Legend Press in 2020.