17 June 1959. It's Election Day in Ireland, but Ann Stong has other things on her mind. Terrified of miscarraige after losing her last baby, she is admitted into the labour ward of St Gerard's hospital. Outside, her husband Fonsie waits anxiously with four other fathers-to-be. Men of their time, they scarcely speak to each other. But their children, born together on this day, will grow up in a changed world that questions and connects.
'Unspoken' charts the interlocking stories of a group of unforgettable characters through the 1960s. a tumultuous decade during which Ireland threw off some ancient shackles yet assumed other, more modern ones. Alive with character, warmth and understated ambition, it is both a magnificent work of literature and an absolute delight.
