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The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories

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Availability:In StockContributor:Louise KennedyPublish date:12/03/24Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Riverhead BooksISBN-13:9780593540930ISBN-10:059354093XUPC:9780593540930Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World Literature, Short Stories (single author), Small Town & RuralBook Topic:IrelandSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCAXG3BFPV
Brilliant, dark stories of women's lives by "a very major talent" (Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times)

In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed Trespasses, women's lives are etched by poverty--material, emotional, sexual--but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards they've been dealt.

A wife is abandoned by her new husband in a derelict housing estate, with blood on her hands. An expectant mother's worst fears about her husband's entanglement with a teenage girl are confirmed. A sister is tormented by visions of the man her brother murdered during the Troubles. A woman struggles to forgive herself after an abortion threatens to destroy her marriage. Plumbing the depths of intimacy, violence, and redemption, these stories are "dazzling, heartbreaking . . . keen to share the lessons of a lifetime" (Guardian).
Language:EnglishPublisher:Riverhead BooksISBN-13:9780593540930ISBN-10:059354093XUPC:9780593540930Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World Literature, Short Stories (single author), Small Town & RuralBook Topic:IrelandSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCAXG3BFPV
Louise Kennedy grew up near Belfast. The author of the novel Trespasses, she has written for The Guardian, The Irish Times, and BBC Radio 4. Before becoming a writer, she worked as a chef for almost thirty years. She lives in Sligo, Ireland.
Publisher: Riverhead Books

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