WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS: NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2024 NB. MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A WOMEN & HOME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'A perfect book club read ... Assured and powerful' SUNDAY TIMES 'A compelling, compassionate page-turner' OBSERVER '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 'Impressive' TLS 'An absolute triumph ... I loved everything about it' GILL HORNBY 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 with a married man in Dublin. But now Colette is back, and nobody knows why. Returning to the community to try and reclaim her old life, Colette quickly learns that they are unwilling to give it back to her. The man to whom she is still married is denying her access to her children, and