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Anne Enright

Born

in Dublin, Ireland

October 11, 1962

Genre

Fiction

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Anne Enright was born in Dublin, where she now lives and works. She has published three volumes of stories, one book of nonfiction, and five novels. In 2015, she was named the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction. Her novel The Gathering won the Man Booker Prize, and The Forgotten Waltz won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

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Gaining Ground by Joan Barfoot review – Anne Enright celebrates a landmark feminist novel

Half a century on, this tale of a woman who abandons her children in search of her self remains thrillingly original

There is a growing literature of maternal flight: novels about women who leave not just their husbands but also the children they have made. In the real world, men are the more frequent deserters; the connection of the father to family life is seen as contingent, while motherhood is

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Average rating: 3.36 · 79,474 ratings · 11,085 reviews · 62 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Gathering 3.15 avg rating — 27,030 ratings — published 2007 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Road 3.51 avg rating — 17,021 ratings — published 2015 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wren, the Wren 3.51 avg rating — 15,925 ratings — published 2023 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Actress 3.44 avg rating — 7,233 ratings — published 2020 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forgotten Waltz 3.20 avg rating — 6,562 ratings — published 2011 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Babies: Stumbling Into Motherhood 3.58 avg rating — 1,209 ratings — published 2004 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yesterday's Weather 3.41 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2008 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Are You Like? 3.33 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 2000 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story 3.90 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking Pictures 3.56 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“People do not change, they are merely revealed.”
― Anne Enright, The Gathering

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“I have no place left to live but in my own heart.”
― Anne Enright, The Gathering

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“We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.”
― Anne Enright, The Gathering

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Ideal distance to live from your childhood home:

Sponsored By: The Green Road
By: Anne Enright

100 miles

790 votes, 39.0%

10 miles

633 votes, 31.2%

Can't get far enough away

455 votes, 22.4%

0 miles

149 votes, 7.4%

2027 total votes

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