Summary
Leaving home was hard. Returning is impossible.
Fiadh’s life is turned completely upside down on a night out in Belfast. Pretty soon everyone has heard about what happened; it is impossible to keep the rumours from spreading, the gossip from spiralling out of control. And just as she was beginning to finally figure everything out: she was feeling positive about her move to Liverpool, she was starting to get on top of her uni work and had made some new friends. Now her life is in freef…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399815864 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399815865 |
| Author: | Aimée Walsh |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 152mm x 232mm |
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Critics Review
A dark, often bittersweet read where you’re so close to the action that it’s almost as if you can hear Fiadh breathe … important * Belfast Telegraph *
A taut, accomplished and affecting addition to the recent body of Belfast novels about the disaffected young, and the complicated tug that a place can have on you – Lucy Caldwell
Skilfully interrogates what it means to have a complex relationship with home, paints a stunningly realistic portrait of the awkward years between childhood and adult existence and is, above all, a cracking read – Jan Carson
A passionate, authoritative novel that maps with scrupulous detail the intensities and treacherously shifting allegiances of its cast – Colin Barrett
Visceral and compelling, Exile is an unflinching novel whose clear-eyed compassion burns brightly even in its darkest moments – Colin Walsh
An explosive debut … about the joys, sorrows and complexities of female friendship, and what it is to both leave home and to return changed – Alice Slater
An assured, unsentimental portrayal of youth … A compelling debut – EM Reapy
An eruption of a book by a phenomenal writer – Darran Anderson
I barely dared to blink while reading the final few pages … One of this year’s most highly anticipated releases, Aimée Walsh is a true literary talent. * Image *
Aimée Walsh
Aimee Walsh is a writer from Belfast. Her writing has appeared in Extra Teeth, Refinery29, The Skinny and RTE.
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