Vorwort
Both a coming-of-age love story and a sharp look at changing Dublin, this is a brilliant debut from a talented new voice in Irish contemporary storytelling.
Autorentext
Emily Gillmor Murphy was born in 1990, in County Dublin Ireland. She is currently in her final year studying Arts in University College Dublin, majoring in English and History.
Emily currently lives in Enniskerry, County Wicklow with her two older sisters and her parents. She is also a competitive show jumper, travelling across the country to events with her older sister Lucy.
Klappentext
Country girl Olive Fitzsimmons arrives in Dublin, ready for a new life as a student at University College. But even though she's soon swept up in the big-city goings-on of her new crowd, she can't quite forget the tragedy that is unfolding back home.
Tom O'Connor has never thought further than the next party, the next girl, the next drink. He wants to change, but with his broken family about to cast him off, he's spinning out of control. And then he meets Olive