The Light of Amsterdam

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'Subtle, understated, not without a hint of menace and always courageous ... An important book' Irish Times<BR><BR>'Marvellously compelling ... Park takes that most difficult of subjects - recent history - and with graceful integrity explores the difficulties involved in coming to terms with the legacies of the past ... beautifully described in Park's crystalline prose' Daily Mail<BR><BR>It is December in Belfast, Christmas is approaching and three sets of people are about to make their way to Amsterdam.<BR><BR>Alan, a university art teacher, goes on a pilgrimage to the city of his youth with troubled teenage son Jack; middle-aged couple Marion and Richard take a break from running their garden centre to celebrate Marion's birthday; and Karen, a single mother struggling to make ends meet, joins her daughter's hen party.<BR><BR>As these people brush against each other in the squares, museums and parks of Amsterdam, their lives are transfigured as they encounter the complexities of love in a city that challenges what has gone before.
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