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082 1 _aFIC TOI
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100 1 _aToibin, Colm, 1955-
245 1 4 _aThe Blackwater lightship : a novel
_c/ Colm Toibin
260 _aToronto
_b: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
_c, 2000, c1999
300 _a273 p.
_c; 21 cm.
520 _a"The Blackwater Lightship" is set in the early 1990s in an old house in Ireland. Helen and her family have gathered there to care for her brother, who is dying of AIDS. A portrayal of a family at war with itself, whose storytelling and truth revealing may be able to heal all their wounds.
546 _aEnglish
650 4 _aGay men
_x-Family relationships
_v--Fiction
650 4 _aAIDS (Disease)
_v--Fiction
650 4 _aDeath
_x--Psychological aspects
_z--Fiction
650 4 _aMothers and daughters
_v--Fiction
650 4 _aGrandmothers
_x--Fiction
651 4 _aIreland
_v--Fiction
942 _cMO
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