Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser #literature Diarmaid Ferriter makes historical sense

Diarmaid Ferriter makes historical sense of post-1990s Ireland

a nervous breakdown and suicide attempts

'It's a memoir

someone is murdered

Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser #literature Diarmaid Ferriter makes historical senseTen year old Mona and her beloved grandfather have only fifty two Wednesdays to visit fifty two works of art and commit to memory all that is beautiful in the world before Mona loses her sight forever. While the doctors can find no explanation for Monas brief episode of blindness, they agree that the threat of permanent vision loss cannot be ruled out. The girls grandfather, Henry, may not be able to stop his granddaughter from losing her sight, but