Down by the River is a newly reissued novel from Edna O'Brien, the author of Girl—"one of the most celebrated writers in the English language" (NPR's Weekend Edition).
Set in the author's native Ireland, a powerful and passionate novel about a young girl who becomes pregnant by her father—a situation made worse when it becomes fodder for the gossip mill of church, state, and the town square.
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