# Grace Notes

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- Book: [Grace Notes](https://www.bookquiver.com/bernard-maclaverty/grace-notes) ([Grace Notes.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/bernard-maclaverty/grace-notes.md))
- Authors: [Bernard MacLaverty](https://www.bookquiver.com/bernard-maclaverty)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9977-801-1
- Pages: 288
- Published: 1998-04-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Returning to Belfast after a long absense, to attend her father`s funeral. Catherine McKenna-a young composer-remembers exactly why she left: the claustrophobic intimacies of the Catholic enclave, her fastidious, nagging mother, and the pervading tensions of a city at war with itself. She remembers a more innocent time, when the Loyalists Lambeg drums sounded mysterious and exciting; she remembers her shattered relationship with the drunken, violent Dave, she remembers the child she had with him, waiting back in Glasgow. This is a novel, about coming to terms with the past and the healing power of music, GRACE NOTES is a master story-teller`s triumphant return to the long form: a powerful lyrical novel of great distinction.