Mary Beth Keane attended Barnard College and the University of Virginia, where she received an MFA. She was awarded a John S. Guggenheim fellowship for fiction writing, and has received citations from the National Book Foundation, PEN America, and the Hemingway Society. Born in the Bronx to parents from the west of Ireland, she currently lives in New York, with her husband and their two sons. She is the author of The Walking People, Fever, and most recently, Ask Again, Yes, which spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. To date, translation rights to Ask Again, Yes have sold in twenty-two languages. The Half Moon is her fourth novel.
A compelling drama of transatlantic Irish life
Marries a deliciously old-fashioned style of storytelling with a
fresh take on the immigrant experience . . . A warm, involving
family drama
*Booklist*
An epic story about immigration, identity and family . . . Keane
portrays the complex and, at times, challenging lives of these
working-class women with tenderness and compassion
*Guardian*
Atmospheric, moving and brilliantly well-written
*Daily Mail*
This atmospheric read that spans from 1950s Ireland to modern-day
America and follows the fortunes of a woman on the run from a
family secret
*Good Housekeeping*
Engrossing . . . Captures the windswept grittiness of Irish poverty
as vividly as the technicolour hustle and bustle of 1960s New York.
The Walking People is the kind of novel you simply don't want to
end
*Daily Express*
Keane's previous novel Ask Again, Yes, was on my best Books of
2019, and this is just as good. Its slow, melodic pace proves we
don't always need fast action and twists. Set between Ireland and
new York, it's about two sisters; one craves adventure, the other,
family; both have secrets
*Prima, 'Best Books of March'*
An American dream story, told over decades, taking its reader from
rural 1915 Ireland to the streets of New York and back again
*Times Radio*
A beautifully crafted novel about love, loyalty, culture, family
and identity
*Irish Sunday Independent*
A moving and sweeping story that takes readers from the west coast
of Ireland to America, following a family of immigrants across the
different decades
*Culturefly*
I was a big fan of Ask Again, Yes and this is every bit as good
*Good Housekeeping*
An epic yarn . . . an evocative portrait of the immigrant, but also
adds greater subtlety to this theme of belonging
*RTE Guide*
The story becomes so engrossing it grows on you with its real and
engaging characters ... the divide between urban USA and rural
Ireland is brilliantly grasped ... a very moving and original love
story
*Irish Examiner*
Praise for Ask Again, Yes
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The new Little Fires Everywhere
*Stylist*
One of the most exceptional novels of the summer . . . Has the
makings of a future classic.
*Sunday Express*
A beautiful novel, bursting at the seams with empathy
*Elle*
Absolutely brilliant, a must read for our time
I'll read everything she writes
Powerful and moving . . . Mary Beth Keane is a writer of
extraordinary depth, feeling and wit. Readers will love this book,
as I did
*Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion*
Immersive and deeply moving
*Anna Hope, author of Expectation*
A pleasantly accessible novel that will be popular with book clubs
. . . Keane is a nuanced observer
*Sunday Times*
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