A child is born to a single mother. His feckless father has vanished, leaving the mother to cope as best she can, watched over by a kindly Jamaican. A country cottage is visited by a young hotographer, whose happiest days of childhood were spent there; he longs to live in it again but first must negotiate the duplicities of adult and professional politics. Intimations of immortality, nostalgia and dreams of excape to a reggae or post-hippy lifestyle permeate these interwoven histories. A vivid London of the day-before-yesterday is evoked against apprehensions of a more ideal form of existence.
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**** It is a bold conceit but, in the capable hands of Anthony Gardner, is an engrossing read -- The Mail on Sunday, 1st November 2009
...the three stories are deftly interwoven by Dublin-born writer Gardner into a quietly inspring work
-- The Irish Times, 31st October 2009
**** It is a bold conceit but, in the capable hands of Anthony Gardner, is an engrossing read -- The Mail on Sunday, 1st November 2009
...the three stories are deftly interwoven by Dublin-born writer Gardner into a quietly inspiring work -- The Irish Times, 31st October 2009
An original and memorable novel -- The Tablet, 14th November 2009
A heady mix...carrying, refreshingly in these cynical times, a real passion for people and their affections -- Camden New Journal, 26th November 2009
It's a subtly evocative book [which] manages to prove that less can be much, much more
-- The Sunday Independent, 28th March 2010
...the three stories are deftly interwoven by Dublin-born writer Gardner into a quietly inspring work
-- The Irish Times, 31st October 2009
**** It is a bold conceit but, in the capable hands of Anthony Gardner, is an engrossing read -- The Mail on Sunday, 1st November 2009
...the three stories are deftly interwoven by Dublin-born writer Gardner into a quietly inspiring work -- The Irish Times, 31st October 2009
An original and memorable novel -- The Tablet, 14th November 2009
A heady mix...carrying, refreshingly in these cynical times, a real passion for people and their affections -- Camden New Journal, 26th November 2009
It's a subtly evocative book [which] manages to prove that less can be much, much more
-- The Sunday Independent, 28th March 2010
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The idea that a child arrives on earth 'trailing clouds of glory' has been brilliantly explored by Wordsworth, Henry Vaughan and others. What I have tried to do is imagine the world the child comes from, alternating this with a realistic narrative set in the early 1990s. The heavenly landscapes were largely inspired by the Knockmealdown Mountains on the border of Tipperary and Waterford.
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By Hermione
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This is a beautiful and lyrical book where widely varying strands ultimately interweave to create a moving and profound whole. Lingers in the mind with shades of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales.
By lucinda
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"I enjoyed this book enormously. The characters are developed and vivid, the dialogue well paced , and the double plot that weaves itself throughout the book, like a flowing river, keeps the reader in a state of enjoyable tension up to the very end to discover the outcome. The stakes are high; a child's life and justice for the son of an errant father. I look forward to reading more books by this author."
By Martello
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'Rivers of Heaven' focuses on the lives of a number of very different individuals including idealistic photographer Sebastian and Kit, a baby with mystical powers of perception. The plot centers on Sebastian's attempts to reclaim his past by acquiring the holiday cottage of his childhood. The characters and their mainly dysfunctional relationships are described with insight and humor and are thoroughly engaging. If you feel at all nostalgic about the Woodstock era you will love this lyrical tribute to its memory.
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Published on 19 Oct 2009 by The Cloak
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