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Seanin retrieved his hand, brushing a stray hair back from my face, and saying in Irish, "There now, little Maire. What did I say about all that drink?"
"Hell with it, Seanin," I said in our father's language. "There'll be time to regret it all in the morning."
"Go to sleep, Sister," he whispered, kissing my brow before heading back up the stairs, but I was already drifting off.
Excerpted from The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino. Copyright © 2019 by Gina Marie Guadagnino. Excerpted by permission of Atria Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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