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Apr 28, 2022 · Gina, on Easter Sunday, for example, “was a hundred per cent hungover, eyeballs juicy, the skin around them puckered”. Trespasses is not a story that can end well, not in 70s Belfast. But it ...
Apr 14, 2022 · Louise Kennedy grew up near Belfast. Trespasses is her first novel. She is also the author of a collection of short stories, The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac. She has written for The Guardian, The Irish Times, and BBC Radio 4. Before becoming a writer, she worked as a chef for almost thirty years. She lives in Sligo, Ireland.
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Nov 1, 2022 · DON’T AGREE TO SEE HIM EVERY SINGLE TIME IT SUITS HIM …”. In “Trespasses,” as in life, humor provides an antidote to the darkest times. When an alarm sounds at school and all the ...
May 20, 2022 · It is a long time before the water runs clear. In Trespasses, this eye for the telling detail is bolstered by a narrative style that flickers between sharp precision and haziness, as if the protagonist’s memories are blurred at the edges. The novel opens – and ends – in 2015, with a woman in her mid-sixties, Cushla Lavery, gazing at a ...
Oct 31, 2022 · A former book editor and the author of a memoir, This Boy's Faith, Hamilton Cain is Contributing Books Editor at Oprah Daily. As a freelance journalist, he has written for O, The Oprah Magazine, Men’s Health, The Good Men Project, and The List (Edinburgh, U.K.) and was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He is currently a member of the ...
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Aug 25, 2023 · Tender and shocking, Trespasses is an unforgettable debut of people trying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary times. REVIEWED BY RUBY CONWAY It is 1975 Belfast and 24-year-old Cushla Lavery, school-teacher, Catholic, and sometimes bartender at the family pub (largely frequented by British soldiers), leads a steady humdrum life characterised by work and looking after her alcoholic mother.
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Recommendations from our site. “ Trespasses, set in 1970s Northern Ireland, is Kennedy’s first novel and it has found considerable acclaim—garnering endorsements from the likes of Sarah Moss, Max Porter, and Nick Hornby. It follows a young, female teacher who falls for a married man as The Troubles tear their community apart. He’s a ...
