Life
Author of Alice Falling and Minding Children; also The
Map of Tenderness (2002), dealing with a mother’s decline from
Huntingdon’s Disease and euthanasia.
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Works
Alice Falling (London: Sceptre 2000), 206pp.; The Map
of Tenderness (London: Sceptre 2002), 286pp.
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Notes
Sue Leonard, reviewing Map of Tenderness in Books Ireland
(Sept. 2002), writes: ‘The Map of Tenderness is, above
all, a love story. The opening chapters featuring Joe and Suzie makes
exquisite reading. But it is the lasting bods of love that make Wall’s
novel great. Scared of developing Huntingdon’s[,] Joe wants to “spare”
Suzie, but she is made of sterner stuff, bringing an element of hope and
strength to the novel. And over it all, there’s the enduring love
of Joe’s parents [...]’.
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)