Home
Home by Frank Ronan, published by Sceptre in 2002, is a first edition novel that spans 281 pages. The story follows Coorg, born on a Devon commune in the sixties to a teenage single mother, who is initially heralded as the new Merlin. His life takes a dramatic turn when his grandparents abduct him to Ireland, renaming him Joseph and introducing him to a new world filled with religious expectations and familial dysfunction.
Readers will find a narrative that explores Joseph’s struggles as he navigates his upbringing in a small seaside town, grappling with the complexities of family dynamics and the Church. As he attempts to fit into a life that often feels at odds with his identity, the arrival of his mother complicates matters further, as she seeks to reclaim him in a quest for redemption. The themes of identity, faith, and rebellion are woven throughout this fiction, set against the backdrop of Ireland.
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Born on a Devon commune in the sixties to a teenage single mother, Coorg is declared to be the new Merlin by the group (until he is supplanted by Marc Bolan) and grows up on peace, love and brown rice – until Coorg’s grandparents abduct him when he is 6, taking him back to Ireland where he is renamed Joseph and introduced to Mass, sweets, and the back of his grandmother’s hand. Joe grows up in a small seaside town trying hard to fit into a dysfunctional family and a Church that doesn’t seem to reward his efforts, but when he decides to be bad he finds sinning gets him no further. Then his feckless mother reappears, on the trail of the Holy Grail and (when Marc Bolan dies) after Joe as the messiah who will save the world. On the cusp of adulthood, his head churning with Catholicism, mysticism as well as the more usual teenage concerns, Joe finally cracks.
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