This author explores the intricate connections between language, identity, and memory. Her writing is characterized by a profound insight into the human psyche and a precise linguistic sensibility. Through her narratives, she unveils the subtle nuances of human experience while celebrating the richness of the Irish language. Her work serves as an invitation to contemplate the forces that shape us.
Set against the semi-urban backdrop of the River Liffey in 1980, this novel about a 10-year-old girl who lives with her separated mother and two brothers unfolds through the narrator's observations and interactions, and her naive interpretations of adult conversations and behaviour.
A moving treatment of love, loss, motherhood and adoption from the author of Miss Emily and Becoming Belle.
Poetry that explores the worlds of two marriages- one waning, one waxing, and the pain of pregnancy loss and fertility struggles. An intimate book where the reader is taken by the emotional resonance of the poems.