Grace and Truth is a novel by Irish author Jennifer Johnston

Jennifer Johnston

Jennifer Johnston is an Irish novelist, winner of the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1977...

, first published in 2005 by Headline Books.

Plot introduction

On returning to her home in Goatstown

Goatstown

Goatstown is a suburb of Dublin located in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland. To the west is Dundrum, to the east is Mount Merrion and Stillorgan, to the south is Sandyford, and to the north is Roebuck and Clonskeagh....

, Dublin after a successful European stage tour, actress Sally is shocked when her husband Charlie announces he is leaving her. Sally finds herself alone and determines to discover the truth about her family...

External links

• A humane triumph over shame and evasion review from The Independent
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• review from The Times
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• Applause and a thunderclap review from The Telegraph
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• RTE clip Fiona Looney
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  , Eleanor McEvoy
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   and Ita Daly discuss Jennifer Johnston's Grace and Truth