{"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\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eORLA MACKEY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis a writer and teacher based in Co. Kilkenny in Ireland. She studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMouthing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis her first novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003eMOUTHING \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNarrated by several generations of villagers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMouthing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMouthing is an acerbic, unsentimental love letter to rural Ireland, where everyone knows everyone else's business and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeveryone \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/collections\/orla-mackey-collection.oembed","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}