"I think that each of us inhabits a private world that others cannot see. The only difference between the writer and the reader is that the writer is able to dramatise that private world." John McGahern
The Reading Room Bookshop invites you to join them for a relaxed conversation on books. For the next event in the series, the featured book is Amongst Women by John McGahern.
Moran's life is defined by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the Irish War of Independence. Now, he is simply an ageing widower, eking out an existence on the small farm where he raises his two sons and three daughters.
He keeps control by binding his family close — but as his children seek independence, and the passing years bring bewildering change, this tormented veteran must find a balance between love and tyranny.
"Books are always better if you have someone to talk to and share them with." Mark Haddon