Amy lies in a coma. Her older sister‚ Moira‚ comes to her in the evenings‚ sits beside her in a green−walled hospital room. Here‚ Moira confesses. She admits to her childhood selfishness which deeply hurt her family and to the self−imposed exile from the dramatic Welsh coast that had dominated and captivated her childhood; to her savagery at boarding school; to the wild‚ bitter and destructive heart that she carried into her adult life. Moira knows this: that she′s been a poor daughter‚ and a deceptive wife. But it is as Amy lies half−dying that she sees the real truth: she′s been a cruel sister‚ and it is this cruelty that has led them both here‚ to this hospital bed.
A novel about trust‚ loss and loneliness‚ ′Oystercatchers′ is a love story with a profound darkness at its core.
ISBN: 9780007190263; ISBN10: 0007190263; Imprint: ; On Sale: 16/04/2008; Format: Paperback; Trimsize: 198 x 129 x 26 mm; Pages: 384; $24.99;