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The Good people

In 1825, in a remote Irish valley lying between the mountains and Flesk river of Killarney, three women are brought together by strange and troubling events. Nora Leahy, a widow, has lost her daughter and her husband in the same year, and is now burdened with the care of her grandson, Michael. The boy cannot walk or speak and Nora has kept him hidden from neighbours, who might see in his deformity evidence of supernatural interference. There is rumour that Michael is a changeling, a 'fairy stock', and the cause of the ill luck that swarms the valley. Down by the river, an old woman known as Nance Roche lives alone, acting as a 'doctress' to the community, a person said to possess knowledge from the Good People that enables her to cure inexplicable ills. With the arrival of a new priest and his determination to cleanse the valley of superstitious practices, the purity of Nance's actions is called into question. As misfortune begins to befall Nance's patients and her need to assert her importance to the community intensifies, Nora Leahy brings Michael to be cured. The women begin to banish the changeling and restore the healthy child, but as their desperation increases, their folkloric practices become more dangerous, until all their lives are in danger.

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32320004729582 F
Fiction-Adult   East Maitland library . . On Loan . 8 Mar 2024
32320004111799 F
Fiction-Adult   Maitland library . . Available .  
32320004111773 F
Fiction-Adult   Rutherford library . . Available .  
32320004111765 F
Fiction-Adult   Thornton library . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781743534908 (pbk.)
1743534906
9781760550868 (pbk.)
Classification Number F
Author Kent, Hannah, 1985-
Title The Good people [BK]
Publisher : Pan Macmillan Australia.,
2016.
Physical Description map ;
In 1825, in a remote Irish valley lying between the mountains and Flesk river of Killarney, three women are brought together by strange and troubling events. Nora Leahy, a widow, has lost her daughter and her husband in the same year, and is now burdened with the care of her grandson, Michael. The boy cannot walk or speak and Nora has kept him hidden from neighbours, who might see in his deformity evidence of supernatural interference. There is rumour that Michael is a changeling, a 'fairy stock', and the cause of the ill luck that swarms the valley. Down by the river, an old woman known as Nance Roche lives alone, acting as a 'doctress' to the community, a person said to possess knowledge from the Good People that enables her to cure inexplicable ills. With the arrival of a new priest and his determination to cleanse the valley of superstitious practices, the purity of Nance's actions is called into question. As misfortune begins to befall Nance's patients and her need to assert her importance to the community intensifies, Nora Leahy brings Michael to be cured. The women begin to banish the changeling and restore the healthy child, but as their desperation increases, their folkloric practices become more dangerous, until all their lives are in danger.
Subject FastBack collection
Grandparents as parents -- Ireland -- Fiction
Widows -- Ireland -- Fiction
Changelings -- Fiction
Superstition -- Fiction
Australian fiction
Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Ireland -- Fiction
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