Sweet Home - New Fiction - Short Stories

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ISBN: 9781906539726

Author	Erskine, Wendy
Pub Date	11/09/2018
Binding	Trade PB
Pages	221
Country	IRL
Dewey	823.92

Publisher: Stinging Fly Press

Quick overview A lonely woman is fascinated by her new niqab-wearing neighbours; a reclusive cult-rock icon ends his days in the street where he was born; a husband and wife become enmeshed in the lives of the young couple they pay to do their cleaning and gardening. Set in contemporary East Belfast, these acutely observed short stories come charged with regret and sorrow, desire and longing. With clear-eyed compassion and wry humour, Wendy Erskine deftly lays bare the struggle to maintain control in an often brutal and unforgiving world.

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