The Heart's Invisible Furies
Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the...
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Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he?
Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead.
At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from – and over his three score years and ten, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country and much more.
In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. 'The Heart's Invisible Furies' is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780857523488 (0857523481)
Publish date: 2017-02-09
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 591
Edition language: English
The Heart’s Invisible Furies, John Boyne, author; Stephen Hogan, narrator I was so looking forward to reading this book because I admire the author’s work. After reading the first few chapters, I raved about it and recommended it. The narrator was great, interpreting situations and voices well. Soo...
“You’ve done nothing since we first met but make me like you. Despite my best efforts. And it’s quite annoying, actually, because I was determined to hate you.”“And I was equally determined to love you.” I have very few ways to put this book into words, and I will not attempt to. There are many othe...
Actual score 4.5I enjoyed this book. It is a very interesting study about how society's mores and values can leave you feeling disempowered and with few life choices, while at the same time showing how it is still important to show care when making the life choices that are left to you. Catholic Ire...
3.5 Stars Ireland of the 50s 60s 70s 80s.He who dares be different........... gets a slap Thankfully we have moved on.......I wish I could break this novel down into 3 parts and my rating would differ on all three. The first 200 pages I just could not connect with the characters or the book as I fe...
I ended this story in tears, what a beautiful, horrible, epic family tale. It ranged from 1945 till present times, through many nightmarish times for me. The first years of Aids, the fears the lies, and the Twin Towers, such darkness. I felt so much, this was such an emotional story. It was so real,...