Nora Barnacle - Joyce's Muse
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At the age of 20, Nora Barnacle left everything she knew behind to share the adventure of a lifetime with James Joyce.
She was a maid in a Dublin hotel when they met, he was a clever young man who wanted to be a writer.
In 1904, they left Ireland, and Joyce immortalised Nora as Molly Bloom in Ulysses.
Nuala O’Connor on the famous literary couple.
Nora: A Love Story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce by Nuala O’Connor is published by New Island: https://www.newisland.ie/fiction/nora
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