The Wren, The Wren

Anne Enright, the author of The Wren, The Wren, overheard a man telling another person that he was married, his wife became ill, and he left the family. Based on that observation she wrote this family novel. In this case, the man who left was a famous poet. The story starts with Carmel who was a young child when her mother got cancer and her father left. Her life was scarred by his desertion. Now her daughter, Nell, is 22 and just learning about her grandfather and his poetry. The story is set in Ireland which makes it interesting. I enjoyed this story about three generations of women affected by betrayal.