A Beautiful Loan
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By Mary Costello
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My name is Anna, and for some time now, I have been trying to account for certain events in my life – my adult life, that is – which, from this vantage point of forty-five years, I often find baffling . . .
In 1985 Dublin, nineteen-year-old Anna Hughes is in thrall to Peter Gallagher, an older, worldly man. Anna is new to the city, introverted and naïve, and Peter’s experience, wide circle of friends and thirst for adventure captivate her. Her obsessive longing for him leads to marriage and, eventually, a crushing betrayal.
As Anna’s life becomes less predictable, she uncovers deeper layers of herself. Her journey gives an intimate portrait of a woman embracing herself as she is, and claiming the life she yearns for.
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Beautiful and gentle storytelling by Mary Costello in A Beautiful Loan. An achingly sad, sympathetically written, exploration of relationships, Islam and Jungism with lots of literary references (especially Camus) as Anna, at age 45, tries to make sense of her life so far. A really lovely book
