The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters

Synopsis of The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters

«The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters» is Michelle Lovric's historical novel, published by Bloomsbury in paperback (468 pages).

Seven poor sisters from rural nineteenth-century Ireland discover that their ankle-length manes attract audiences: they form a singing and dancing septet and triumph by showing their hair at the end of each performance. Their fame takes them from Ireland to Dublin and Venice, where each finds love and loss while their past haunts them.

Written in English and published in 2014, it is narrated by Manticory, one of the seven sister protagonists.

For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in a choral period story with female protagonists.