A brilliantly observed debut novel about two women in a small Irish community in 1994 - the year before divorce was made legal

'I loved this novel ... An addictive read' GILLIAN ANDERSON

'Moves between rage, forgiveness and hope ... A stonkingly good novel' SARAH WINMAN

'A beautiful, accomplished debut' LOUISE KENNEDY

It's 1994 in County Donegal, Ireland, and everyone is talking about Colette Crowley - the writer, the bohemian, the woman who left her husband and sons to pursue a relationship ...

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'This comforting summer read has it all ... Young love, sibling rivalry and deep mother-daughter relationships' REESE WITHERSPOON

'Filled with the moments I live for in a story' BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry

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