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Shibby Magee: An Irish Tragicomedy

by Carrie Kabak
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9798992235128
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Corbyn
  • Publisher Imprint: Corbyn
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 306
  • Original Price: USD 23.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 581 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Literary

A vanished mother. A fractured family. A lifetime of choosing the wrong men.

When their bold, brassy mother vanishes into Ireland's Traveller community, Shibby Magee and her twin sister Dorah are left behind in a family already cracking at the seams.

As an adult, desperate for love, Shibby is drawn to men who abuse or discard her, caught in patterns she can't yet see. She finds a measure of stability in the chaos of a restaurant kitchen, but a question persists: is her future in the settled world, or on the open road to God only knows where?

With the steadfast support of Alice Duffy, a housekeeper turned surrogate mother; Moochie de Barra, a stand-in for an emotionally absent father; and Kitty Dooley, who embodies the fierce pride and harsh realities of Traveller life - Shibby begins to confront hard truths about cultural identity, family, and what it will take to find where she truly belongs.

Rich with texture and lyrical rhythm, this novel traces how early abandonment echoes into midlife, revealing what endures, what shifts, and how the cycle repeats until it finally breaks.

In the tradition of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan and Donal Ryan's All We Shall Know and The Queen of Dirt Island, Shibby Magee is a warm yet incisive portrait of a woman shaped by loss, grief, and social prejudice as she struggles toward dignity, love, and self-possession.

Kabak, Carrie: - Carrie Kabak is the author of Cover the Butter, an Independent Booksellers' Pick, AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award winner, and Quill Award nominee, and of Shibby Magee. Her work has appeared in anthologies published by North Atlantic Books and Simon & Schuster. She writes character-driven fiction exploring relationships and family dynamics.

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