A timeless classic dealing with the complexity and hardships of relationships, addiction and faith.Judith Hearne, a Catholic middle-aged spinster, moves into yet another bed-sit in Belfast. A socially isolated woman of modest means, she teaches piano to a handful of students to pass the day. Her only social activity is tea with the O'Neill family, who secretly dread her weekly visits.Judith soon meets wealthy James Madden and fantasises about marrying this lively, debonair man. But Madden sees her in an entirely different light, as a potential investor in a business proposal. On realising that her feelings are not reciprocated, she turns to an old addiction – alcohol. Having confessed her problems to an indifferent priest, she soon loses her faith and binges further. She wonders what place there is for her in a world that so values family ties and faith, both of which she is without.
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Brian Moore. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
BRIAN MOORE. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
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Dedication
Contents
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MISS FRIEL
MARY MCCLOSKEY
MRS HENRY RICE
BERNARD
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P.S. Ideas, Interviews & Features …
About the Author. Prodigal Son: A biographical sketch of Brian Moore
Early life
A new phase
Lotusland and Beyond
A writing life
About the Book. Writing Judith Hearne
The Invisible Man
Read On. Have You Read?
I am Mary Dunne
The Magician’s Wife
The Statement
The Colour of Blood
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About the Author
By the Same Author
About the Publisher
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To Jacqueline
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‘O, no, really, it’s been lovely. Just perfect, thank you very much.’
‘She’s a new girl, you know,’ Mrs Henry Rice said, nodding towards the door. ‘I got her from the nuns at the convent. A good strong country girl. But they need a lot of breaking in, if you know what I mean.’
