- Published: 4 March 2021
- ISBN: 9781405945707
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 416
The Walking People
The powerful and moving story from the New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes
- Published: 4 March 2021
- ISBN: 9781405945707
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 416
Praise for Ask Again, Yes
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Absolutely brilliant, a must read for our time
Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women
One of the most exceptional novels of the summer . . . Has the makings of a future classic.
Sunday Express
A beautiful novel, bursting at the seams with empathy
Elle
I'll read everything she writes
Liane Moriarty
The new Little Fires Everywhere
Stylist
A compelling drama of transatlantic Irish life
Billy Collins
Marries a deliciously old-fashioned style of storytelling with a fresh take on the immigrant experience . . . A warm, involving family drama
Booklist
Powerful and moving . . . Mary Beth Keane is a writer of extraordinary depth, feeling and wit. Readers will love this book, as I did
Meg Wolitzer, author of <i>The Female Persuasion</i>
Immersive and deeply moving
Anna Hope, author of <i>Expectation</i>
A pleasantly accessible novel that will be popular with book clubs . . . Keane is a nuanced observer
Sunday Times
This atmospheric read that spans from 1950s Ireland to modern-day America and follows the fortunes of a woman on the run from a family secret
Good Housekeeping
An epic story about immigration, identity and family . . . Keane portrays the complex and, at times, challenging lives of these working-class women with tenderness and compassion
Guardian
Keane's previous novel Ask Again, Yes, was on my best Books of 2019, and this is just as good. Its slow, melodic pace proves we don't always need fast action and twists. Set between Ireland and new York, it's about two sisters; one craves adventure, the other, family; both have secrets
Prima, 'Best Books of March'
Atmospheric, moving and brilliantly well-written
Daily Mail
An American dream story, told over decades, taking its reader from rural 1915 Ireland to the streets of New York and back again
Mariella Frostrup, Times Radio
A moving and sweeping story that takes readers from the west coast of Ireland to America, following a family of immigrants across the different decades
Culturefly
I was a big fan of Ask Again, Yes and this is every bit as good
Good Housekeeping
An epic yarn . . . an evocative portrait of the immigrant, but also adds greater subtlety to this theme of belonging
RTE Guide
Engrossing . . . Captures the windswept grittiness of Irish poverty as vividly as the technicolour hustle and bustle of 1960s New York. The Walking People is the kind of novel you simply don't want to end
Daily Express
The story becomes so engrossing it grows on you with its real and engaging characters ... the divide between urban USA and rural Ireland is brilliantly grasped ... a very moving and original love story
Irish Examiner
A beautifully crafted novel about love, loyalty, culture, family and identity
Irish Sunday Independent