Fallen
by Mel O'Doherty
Description
A stark and beautifully written literary novel, focussing on the impact on one family of one of the most shameful chapters in modern Irish history: the Mother and Baby Homes scandal. Michael Connolly lives with his ageing father Martin, and is haunted by memories of his mother Elaine's suicide in 1981, and by her insistence in the years before that "They killed my baby in Bessborough", a notorious Mother and Baby Home in mid-twentieth century Cork. Nobody believed her, but in 2014, Michael realises that she was telling the truth.
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Rights sold: UK, Irish and Commonwealth (excl. Canada) sold to Bluemoose Books, publishing in June 2021
Rights available: North America, translation, TV/film, dramatic rights
Contact: Brian Langan brian@storylineagency.com or Helen Edwards helen@helenedwardsrights.co.uk
Author Biography
Mel O’Doherty lives in Douglas, Cork, Ireland, and teaches English and History. He is 45 years old and married with three young children. He was shortlisted for the Francis MacManus Short Story Award in 2019, was a runner-up for the Sean O’Faolain Award in 2020, and was longlisted for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award in 2020. His debut novel, Fallen, will be published by Bluemoose Books in June 2021, and he is currently writing his second novel.
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Copyright (c) Mel O'Doherty 2020
Storyline Literary Agency
Based in Ireland, Storyline Literary Agency was set up in 2019 by Brian Langan, a former editor at Penguin Random House, with the aim of disovering and nurturing the very best in new and emerging literary talent, and finding the ideal publishers for our clients. Our primary focus is on literary and genre fiction, and narrative non-fiction. Recent publishing deals include Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy (Bloomsbury, September 2021); Line by Niall Bourke (Tramp Press, spring 2021); and Fallen by Mel O'Doherty (Bluemoose Books, June 2021).
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- Publisher Bluemoose Books
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusUnpublished
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