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  The Leavetaking (Paperback) By (author) John McGahern

  

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  Short Description for The LeavetakingTells of a day, crucial and cathartic, in the life of a young Catholic schoolteacher who has returned to Ireland after a year's sabbatical in London where he married an American divorcee.
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  • Publisher: Faber and Faber
  • Published: 31 December 2006
  • Format: Paperback 176 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780571225705 ISBN 10: 0571225705
  • Sales rank: 137,747

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Full description for The Leavetaking

• This book tells of a day, crucial and cathartic, in the life of a young Catholic schoolteacher who has returned to Ireland after a year's sabbatical in London where he married an American divorcee. As a result he now faces certain dismissal by the school authorities. Moving from the earliest memories of both the man and the woman, the novel recreates their breaking of the shackles of guilt and duty into the acceptance of a fulfilling adult love.