More Bread or I'll Appear - Hardcover

Martin, Emer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395918715 ISBN 13: 9780395918715

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999

Synopsis

Fifteen years after Molly moves her family to Dublin and her favorite daughter disappears, she convinces her youngest daughter to search the globe for the missing Aisling, and an uncertain reunion eventually takes place that forces Caoilfhoinn to question her family relationships. Tour.

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Review:

Emer Martin's second novel is an emotional roller coaster with tracks laid across the entire planet, from Ireland to Japan to the United States to Central America. Keelin, the youngest of five children, is dispatched by her mother to find the eldest daughter, Aisling, who's been missing for over 15 years. Her journey forces her to confront the obsessive-compulsive behavior of herself and her siblings, who tag along for parts of the trip or monitor her progress from afar. The colorful cast of characters (including a gay priest and a Japanese transvestite) is sure to strike a chord with anyone who's ever felt like an outcast and wished he or she could build a separate world someplace else.

From the Inside Flap:

brash, hip new voice that combines irony and nervous tenderness with a bold and provocative appeal, Emer Martin introduces us to an Irish family unlike any other.

With her father institutionalized, and her brother's uncanny string of near-death misses, it's left to 28-year-old Keelin to find her oldest sister, Aisling, who has been missing from her family for fifteen years. Keelin travels to the bars of New York's East Village and the neon forest of Tokyo's underbelly, falling into and out of the lives of her colorful, troubled expatriate siblings. All the while, Aisling, out ahead, dares Keelin to find her and bring her back home.

Moving at high speed and wickedly funny, More Bread or I'll Appear takes us deep into a world where the boundaries between family members can be greater than the borders between countries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0395918715
• ISBN 13: 9780395918715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271