What is Cecil and Noreen's secret? How is a love affair sustained over a lifetime? 'Cecil & Noreen' is a story about ordinary people made extraordinary by their love for one another. Compassionate, funny and moving, it is a poignant and lyrical study of faith, family, and one couple's lifelong romance.
Patrick Corcoran grew up in Canton, Cardiff, and was educated at a Catholic grammar school in the city. He works a Family Court Adviser for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. His first novel, Last Light Breaking, was published by Seren in 1998. Cecil & Noreen is the second volume of a projected trilogy, based on the lives of members of one family, told against the backdrop of the twentieth century.
The sequel to the admired Last Light Breaking.
A poignant, subtle, and amusing love story in which an elderly couple - Cecil and Noreen - reminisce about their courtship and marriage. In a nursing home, Cecil recollects and relives the marriage through the aide-memoir of Noreen's preserved letters, kept in a box at his bedside.
Noreen visits the ailing Cecil twice daily, and provides a more reliable version of the events the letters describe. Both are committed Catholics. The novel opens with their first meeting at church, at which Noreen accidentally floors Cecil with a ceremonial banner. Beautifully-written and deeply compassionate, Cecil & Noreen is a novel which ennobles the 'ordinary' lives of its characters.
Born in Cardiff, Patrick Corcoran was educated at Atlantic College, St Donats, and at Bristol University. He has won several prizes for his short stories, and was a finalist in The Daily Telegraph short story competition. He works for the Family Court Advisory Service, and is married with three children.
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Patrick Corcoran grew up in Canton, Cardiff, and was educated at a Catholic grammar school in the city. He works a Family Court Adviser for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. His first novel, Last Light Breaking, was published by Seren in 1998. Cecil & Noreen is the second volume of a projected trilogy, based on the lives of members of one family, told against the backdrop of the twentieth century.
The sequel to the admired Last Light Breaking.
A poignant, subtle, and amusing love story in which an elderly couple - Cecil and Noreen - reminisce about their courtship and marriage. In a nursing home, Cecil recollects and relives the marriage through the aide-memoir of Noreen's preserved letters, kept in a box at his bedside.
Noreen visits the ailing Cecil twice daily, and provides a more reliable version of the events the letters describe. Both are committed Catholics. The novel opens with their first meeting at church, at which Noreen accidentally floors Cecil with a ceremonial banner. Beautifully-written and deeply compassionate, Cecil & Noreen is a novel which ennobles the 'ordinary' lives of its characters.
Born in Cardiff, Patrick Corcoran was educated at Atlantic College, St Donats, and at Bristol University. He has won several prizes for his short stories, and was a finalist in The Daily Telegraph short story competition. He works for the Family Court Advisory Service, and is married with three children.
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