Anne Enright's 'The Wren, The Wren' is a family story about poetry and betrayal
Podcast: NPR's Book of the DayPublished On: Tue Sep 26 2023
Description: Phil McDaragh is a great Irish poet; he was also a lousy husband and father, abandoning his family to pursue his writing. In Anne Enright's new novel, The Wren, The Wren, three generations of women in the McDaragh family contend with the absent patriarch's complicated legacy. Enright spoke with NPR's Scott Simon about writing fiction about a great writer, and how the poet's bad behavior in his personal life impacts the McDaragh women's own passions, years down the road.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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