Home Fires A Survivor's Memoir by Shivaun Woolfson

Home Fires is the eloquent, moving and often shocking story of a passionate and fiercely intelligent woman. Growing up in 1960s Dublin in a wealthy Jewish family, Shivaun survives the physical abuse of a beautiful and damaged mother and the relentless control of a domineering father. Desperate to belong, she abandons her Jewish roots and falls in love with a Catholic musician, the bass player of an up-and-coming band called The Boomtown Rats. When he goes to London, leaving Shivaun behind, she flees her family, her home and her country to seek comfort among the followers of an Indian guru. At 21, still haunted by her past, Shivaun goes to Miami and marries a handsome refugee, straight off the boat from Cuba. But Julio is a womaniser and drug dealer...

Publisher:	Atlantic
Year:	2002
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781843540823
Condition:	Good

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SKU: 1590666
Location: Biography