Maura Laverty And Never No More
This 1943 reprint of Never No More is in our collections in Local Studies. Originally published in 1942, the book caused somewhat of a stir in Laverty’s hometown of Rathangan. Laverty did change the names of places and characters, but it is easy to see how locals could recognise themselves, or their neighbours, from within […]
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