'Brand-new, urgent and hugely satisfying' RODDY DOYLE
'As emotionally charged as it is brutally real. The writing is flawless. I was profoundly moved' ELAINE FEENEY
'Gorgeous, maddening, thrilling and compassionate' SHEILA ARMSTRONG
'Authentic, vivid and important... I read with my heart in my mouth' UNA MANNION
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On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line, Ciara straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away. Head spinning, all she knows for certain is that home is no longer safe.
This was meant to be an escape. But with dwindling savings, no job, and her family across the sea, Ciara finds herself adrift, facing a broken housing system and the voice of her own demons. As summer passes and winter closes in, she must navigate raising her children in a hotel room, searching for a new home and dealing with her husband Ryan's relentless campaign to get her to come back. Because leaving is one thing, but staying away is another.
What will it take for Ciara to reinvent her life? Can she ever truly break away from Ryan's control - and what will be the cost?
Tense, beautiful and underpinned by an unassailable love, hope and resilience, this is the story of one woman's bid to start over.
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'Such a moving, heartfilled, urgent book' JAN CARSON
'Achingly beautiful and utterly necessary. O'Donnell's attentiveness to language shines from every page' DANIELLE MCLAUGHLIN
'A story of bravery, love and redemption, chock full of emotional suspense - I couldn't look away' CHELSEA BIEKER
