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The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories
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Louise Kennedy gives a voice to Irish women living through life's complications. Heartbreak and redemption, violence and perseverance — don't be surprised if Kennedy's characters walk right off the page.
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 abou...
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 abou...
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