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The narrative follows Ciara Fay, who makes a life-altering decision to escape her unsafe home in Dublin with her two daughters. As she grapples with the challenges of raising them in a hotel, facing financial struggles, and her estranged husband's attempts to bring her back, Ciara's journey becomes a poignant exploration of resilience and self-discovery. The story delves into themes of love, hope, and the complexities of breaking free from control, highlighting the sacrifices and strength required to reinvent her life.

A memory-eating, closet-dwelling beast escapes its confines; a Somali girl in a Donegal school is tougher than she seems; under a jasmine tree in Andalucía, a woman waits for her stolen son; at the edge of a city, two brothers step unwittingly into a game that turns deadly. The scope and diversity of these stories knows no bounds, sitting somewhere between the real and imaginary. Wild Quiet contains a world viewed from unexpected angles, where the ordinary is rendered extraordinary and the extraordinary sublime. These are stories woven with compassion and humour, announcing the arrival of a fresh new voice in Irish literature. In this astonishingly innovative and bold collection, Roisin O'Donnell examines the hurts and triumphs of being human, and the wild, quiet moments that approach something like grace. Book jacket.