Saoirse

€16.99

Exploring the fine line between dishonesty and reinvention, ‘Saoirse’ is an evocative and compelling story of a woman perpetually in flight. In the wilds of Donegal, Ireland, 1999, Saoirse is an artist living an outwardly idyllic life. Her tender husband Daithí and two beloved daughters are regular subjects for her work, and in them she has found the safe home that she has always longed for. She tends not to talk about her past, and those that love her have learned to accept that the full story is too painful for her to disclose. When her Dublin exhibition unexpectedly wins a prestigious award that invites a swarm of publicity, Saoirse is left panic stricken. The unanticipated recognition threatens to expose a decade’s worth of buried memories and past crimes.

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A RADIO 2 Book Club Pick
A Woman & Home Book of the Month
A Prima Book of the Month

'Compelling … searing and intimate' – New York Times

'Saoirse deserves to be on prize lists this year. Utterly beautiful with lyrical prose and storytelling, I loved this!' – Prima, Book of the Month

'An intimate, intense exploration of identity, reinvention and survival' – Woman & Home, Book of the Month

Saoirse has everything she ever dreamed of: a beautiful home, two precious daughters, and Daithì – the man who loves her with a quiet, loyal fierceness that still catches her off guard. To everyone who knows her, she's living a charmed life.

But Saoirse has built her life on a lie.

When her latest art exhibition unexpectedly wins a major award, the attention is instant and overwhelming – interviews, national headlines. With every spotlight pointed her way, Saoirse's carefully constructed world begins to unravel.

The woman that everyone is celebrating doesn't actually exist. She's an invention, and every moment in the limelight brings her closer to exposure.

With the past closing in on her and the life she has created about to fall like a house of cards, Saoirse must decide how far she'll go to protect the man she loves and the family she never believed she deserved.

Secrets don't stay buried, and this one could cost her everything.

Additional information

Weight 0.324 kg
Dimensions 23.8 × 15.4 × 2 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

256

Language

English

Edition

Export ed

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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