Identity and self-discovery through a troubled life.
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne tells the story of Cyril Avery, born to an unwed mother in Ireland. The book vividly describes the Catholic church’s intolerance towards homosexuality. Readers looking for a compelling story about self-discovery, tolerance, and empathy will love this book. The narrative explores key themes of the human experience, including love, family, sex, and politics.
ISBN: 9781784161002
Authors:
John Boyne
Publisher: Black Swan
Date of Publication: 2017-06-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.5
(rated by 157595 readers)
Description
'By turns savvy, witty and achingly sad, this is a novelist at the top of his game.' Mail on SundayForced to flee the scandal brewing in her hometown, Catherine Goggin finds herself pregnant and alone, in search of a new life at just sixteen. She knows she has no choice but to believe that the nun she entrusts her child to will find him a better life.Cyril Avery is not a real Avery, or so his parents are constantly reminding him. Adopted as a baby, he’s never quite felt at home with the family that treats him more as a curious pet than a son. But it is all he has ever known.And so begins one man’s desperate search to find his place in the world. Unspooling and unseeing, Cyril is a misguided, heart-breaking, heartbroken fool. Buffeted by the harsh winds of circumstance towards the one thing that might save him from himself, but when opportunity knocks, will he have the courage, finally, take it?
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