Remembering Light and Stone (18 page)
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Authors: Deirdre Madden
I looked at my watch. It was later than I thought, so I turned and walked back on the grassy road. The corn-crake was still hoarsely calling, but the cat on the wall had gone.
Deirdre Madden is from Toomebridge, Co. Antrim. Her novels include
The Birds of Innocent Wood, Nothing is Black, One by One in the Darkness
, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and
Authenticity
. Her novel
Molly Fox’s Birthday
also was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She teaches at Trinity College, Dublin and is a member of the Irish Arts Academy Aosdana.
First published in 1992
by Faber and Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House
74–77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2012
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ISBN 978–0–571–29809–9