'A dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection' Guardian 'Kennedy's voice, and her unforgiving gaze, are electric' Sunday Times 'These stories sing, haunt and inspire laughter ... One of the best collections I've read in years' Sinead...

* THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The Times) * SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 * * WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR: DEBUT FICTION * * WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 * *...

"Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering debut novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and unsanctioned love"-- von Kennedy, Louise

* THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The Times) * LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 * * WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 * * SHORTLISTED FOR BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR: DEBUT FICTION * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE...

»Man kann Menschen nicht retten, das haben wir beide gelernt.« Es sind die 1980er-Jahre, Róisín ist 15, in ihrem kleinen irischen Städtchen gilt sie als Außenseiterin. Sie und ihre Ma leben in einem bescheidenen, nasskalten Haus – still...