Marina Cantacuzino: Forgiveness [2022] paperback Condition:Very Good Fourteen-year-old Pearl France lives in

Fourteen-year-old Pearl France lives in the front seat of a broken down car and her mother Margot lives in the back

Through the generations

solid and proud despite decades of hardship

Yet much of what we see today in Irish heritage has Norman roots

boo-shouting variety

Marina Cantacuzino: Forgiveness [2022] paperback Condition:Very Good Fourteen-year-old Pearl France lives inForgiveness is a workhorse of a word. We forgive a forgotten birthday, a debt owed, a playground scuffle. But we're also expected to use the same word and sentiment to absolve violence, criminality, trauma. Forgiveness is complicated. Some grant it to those who have done them or their loved ones great harm; some try to forgive and fail; some believe it to be damaging, to be avoided at all costs. Some forgive to set themselves free of pain, others to