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Mary Morrissy
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Mary Morrissy

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Mary Morrissy has published three novels – Mother of Pearl, The Pretender and The Rising of Bella Casey – and a collection of short stories, A Lazy Eye (1993). She has won a Hennessy Award and a Lannan Literary Foundation Award and currently teaches at University College Cork.

Books by Mary Morrissy

Prosperity Drive

The gifted Irish writer returns with a stunning book of linked stories

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Mother Of Pearl

Mother of Pearl is the first novel from acclaimed Irish short story writer, Mary Morrissy

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