No Wine (or Whiners) Book Club
mar, 12 nov
|Brielle
Welcoming New Members! Group facilitator, Pat Barton. New book on display at library. Featured Title: Say Nothing - A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Time & Location
12 nov 2024, 18:30 – 19:30
Brielle, 610 South St, Brielle, NJ 08730, USA
About the Event
About the Book: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"A masterful history of the Troubles. . . Extraordinary. . .As in the most ingenious crime stories, Keefe unveils a revelation — lying, so to speak, in plain sight."—Maureen Corrigan, NPR
From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions
In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging to her legs. They never saw her again. Her abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to…