Land [Playaway] / Maggie O'Farrell.
On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomas and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country not long since ravaged and emptied by the Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. Tomas, however, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster. The British soldiers in charge are due to arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomas is unexpectedly sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life, and the lives of those of his family, will never be the same again. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his taciturn father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomas, and how is Liam, aged only ten, going to finish the mapping and get them both home? Land is a novel about separation and reunion, tragedy and recovery, colonization and rebellion. It is a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away. As spellbinding and varied as the landscape that inspired it, Land is, above all, a story of survival, for our times and for all time.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798331714284
- Physical Description: 1 audio media player (16 hr. 47 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
- Edition: Unabridged
- Publisher: Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2026]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Previously released by Penguin Random House.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Dane Whyte O'Hara.
- Target Audience Note:
- Adult.
- System Details Note:
- Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
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- Subject:
- Ordnance Survey of Ireland > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Ireland > History > 1837-1901 > Fiction.
Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852 > Fiction. - Genre:
- Historical fiction.
Epic fiction.
Novels.
Audiobooks.
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Hot Springs Library | AUDB OFA (Text) | 30229101319373 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
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Summary:
On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomas and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country not long since ravaged and emptied by the Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. Tomas, however, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster. The British soldiers in charge are due to arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomas is unexpectedly sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life, and the lives of those of his family, will never be the same again. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his taciturn father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomas, and how is Liam, aged only ten, going to finish the mapping and get them both home? Land is a novel about separation and reunion, tragedy and recovery, colonization and rebellion. It is a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away. As spellbinding and varied as the landscape that inspired it, Land is, above all, a story of survival, for our times and for all time.
