THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR WINNER OF AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS The deeply moving story of the O''Connor family, its troubled past in the West of Ireland, and a love story of second chances from the Booker-longlisted author of How to Build a Boat ''Full of humanity, a story for our times'' MARY COSTELLO ''I loved this book'' LOUISE KENNEDY ''Superb'' IRISH TIMES Claire O''Connor''s life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father. She spends her days getting lost online, going to work and minding her own business. But Claire is thrown back into a love she thought she''d left behind when Tom unexpectedly moves nearby, stirring up haunting memories trapped within the walls of the old family house. As the secrets of the past are revealed, Claire must confront whether she can escape her history to make a future for herself. ''This book touched my soul'' KATRIONA O''SULLIVAN ''I believe this is the best book of the year'' Oliver Callan, RTE RADIO ''Hugely powerful'' DAILY MAIL ''One of Irish literature''s most gifted and persuasive storytellers'' SINeAD GLEESON ''Sizzling, electric... charged with humour and anger... I loved it'' JENNY MUSTARD ''Clear-eyed and deep-hearted... packs an intellectual and emotional punch'' CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT

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Elaine Feeney is an acclaimed novelist and poet from the West of Ireland. Her debut novel, As You Were, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year Award, and won the Kate O'Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. How to Build a Boat was also shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year, longlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a New Yorker Best Book of the Year. With her third novel, Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way, Feeney was shortlisted again for Irish Novel of the Year and won the Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year. Feeney has published the poetry collections Where's Katie?, The Radio Was Gospel, Rise and All the Good Things You Deserve, and lectures at the University of Galway.

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THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS

The deeply moving story of the O'Connor family, its troubled past in the West of Ireland, and a love story of second chances from the Booker-longlisted author of How to Build a Boat

'A haunting powerful page turner that will have you in its thrall' GABRIEL BYRNE
'One of Ireland's shining literary stars...an energetic and vivid voice' THE TIMES
'Elaine Feeney is one of my favourite Irish writers' DOUGLAS STUART
'Full of humanity, a story for our times' MARY COSTELLO
'I loved this book' LOUISE KENNEDY
'Superb' IRISH TIMES

Claire O'Connor's life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father. She spends her days getting lost online, going to work and minding her own business. But Claire is thrown back into a love she thought she'd left behind when Tom unexpectedly moves nearby, stirring up haunting memories trapped within the walls of the old family house. As the secrets of the past are revealed, Claire must confront whether she can escape her history to make a future for herself.

'This book touched my soul' KATRIONA O'SULLIVAN

'I believe this is the best book of the year' Oliver Callan, RTE RADIO

'Hugely powerful' DAILY MAIL

'One of Irish literature's most gifted and persuasive storytellers' SINÉAD GLEESON

'Sizzling, electric... charged with humour and anger... I loved it' JENNY MUSTARD

'Clear-eyed and deep-hearted... packs an intellectual and emotional punch' CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT