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The road to Leenane

Angela du Maurier (1963)

SubgenreContemporary Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
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SettingContemporary

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ViolenceNot rated
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageNot rated

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Set amid the beautiful mountains and lakes of Ireland's Connemara, here is the story of Micky Renvyle, a talented painter and of the three women who loved him: Paddy his childhood sweetheart and later his wife, whose meteoric success as an actress takes her to London, away from husband, child and Church; Lady Constance, a wealthy older women whose interest in Micky's work develops into something far more personal; and young sensitive Joan tormented by her ever deepening love for a married man yet with an utter devotion to her Catholic faith.