Solace

“A novel of quiet power, filled with moments of carefully told truth and real wisdom” (Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn and Long Island), about a father and son thrown together by tragedy—from the author of Tender.

Set in an Ireland that catapulted into wealth at the end of the twentieth century and then suffered a swift economic decline, Belinda McKeon’s Solace is an extraordinarily accomplished first novel about the conflicting values of the old and young generations and the stubborn, heart...