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Awards and Recognition

PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction Finalist 2013

Colm Tóibín, Vaddey Ratner, Patrick Hemingway, Jennifer duBois and Kevin Powers at the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award Ceremony, John F. Kennedy Library

“Gracefully rendered. . . rich with history, language and emotion. A novel that will surely be read and valued by future generations.
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— PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist Citation

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