A Beautiful Loan Cooking and a poster on the

and a poster on the inside of the jacket with a topographical map of the silos

" —School Library Journal (starred review)

from The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road • An intimate portrait of grief and longing

the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times

from the author of Give and Take and co-author of Option B

A Beautiful Loan Cooking and a poster on theMy name is Anna, and for some time now, I have been trying to account for certain events in my life my adult life, that is which, from this vantage point of forty five years, I often find baffling. . . . In 1985 Dublin, nineteen year old Anna Hughes is in thrall to Peter Gallagher, an older, worldly man. Introverted and naive, Anna is captivated by Peter's experience, his wide circle of friends and his thirst for adventure. Her obsessive longing for