Down by the River Philippa Morgan and by the time Frank

and by the time Frank finally shows up

Just exactly what sort of hero will the boy need

In the last days before her death

first with her husband

Sister Pelagia: bespectacled

Down by the River Philippa Morgan and by the time FrankSet in her native Ireland, Edna O'Brien's newest novel explores the dark and torturous aspects of family ties. As Mary, the young heroine, tries first to conceal and then to escape her father's fateful attention, she finds herself driven into an emotional Styx. She becomes pregnant with her father's child, and as her private and redeemable tragedy is dragged into the public realm, she falls prey to militant factions on all sides.