KENNEDY LOUISE
u003cbu003e* THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (u003ciu003eThe Timesu003c/iu003e) *u003c/bu003e u003cbu003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 *u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e* WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR: DEBUT FICTION *u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e* WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 *u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e* SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022 *u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e* AN u003ciu003eOBSERVERu003c/iu003e BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2022 *u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e* A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME *u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e_______________u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e'Likeu003c/bu003e u003cbu003eSally Rooney mixed with a political thriller'u003c/bu003e RUSSELL KANEu003cbu003e'Intense, unflinchingly honest, it broke my heart a million times'u003c/bu003e MARIAN KEYESu003cbu003e'Absolutely loved it'u003c/bu003e MAX PORTER u003cbu003e'A beautiful, devastating novel'u003c/bu003e NICK HORNBYu003ciu003eOne by one, she undid each event, each decision, each choice.u003c/iu003e u003ciu003eIf Davy had remembered to put on a coat.u003c/iu003eu003ciu003eIf Seamie McGeown had not found himself alone on a dark street.u003c/iu003eu003ciu003eIf Michael Agnew had not walked through the door of the pub on a quiet night in February in his white shirt.u003c/iu003e There is nothing special about the day Cushla meets Michael, a married man from Belfast, in the pub owned by her family. But here, love is never far from violence, and this encounter will change both of their lives forever.As people get up each morning and go to work, school, church or the pub, the daily news rolls in of another car bomb exploded, another man beaten, killed or left for dead. In the class Cushla teaches, the vocabulary of seven-year-old children now includes phrases like 'petrol bomb' and 'rubber bullets'. And as she is forced to tread lines she never thought she would cross, tensions in the town are escalating, threatening to destroy all she is working to hold together.u003cbu003eTender and shocking, u003ciu003eTrespassesu003c/iu003e is an unforgettable debut of people trying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary times.u003c/bu003eu003cbu003e______________u003c/bu003eA 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: u003ciu003eTHE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * GUARDIAN * TELEGRAPH * NEW STATESMAN * DAILY MAIL *u003c/iu003e u003ciu003eIRISH TIMESu003c/iu003e * u003ciu003eIRISH INDEPENDENT * BELFAST TELEGRAPHu003c/iu003e
