Familiengeschichte in Nordirland in den Achtzigern. Die Schwestern Daisy und Saoirse erleben die politischen Ereignisse hautnah, der Vater kommt abends spät zurück, die Mutter dreht immer öfter durch und die Eltern streiten sich Nacht für Nacht.
A powerful new collection from the acclaimed, prize-winning author of Multitudes and Intimacies - a striking exploration of motherhood and marriage.
'Outstanding.' Guardian'Eleven perfect stories.' Irish Independent'Glorious.' The Times'My FAVE collection ever.' Pandora SykesIn eleven stories, Intimacies exquisitely charts the steps and missteps of young women trying to find their place in the world.
When Lara was twelve, and her younger brother Alfie eight, their father died in a helicopter crash. A prominent plastic surgeon, and Irishman, he had honed his skills on the bomb victims of the Troubles. But the family grew up used to him being absent: he only came to London for two weekends a month to work at the Harley Street Clinic.
Two sisters, four nights, one city.April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, its going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, My God, Belfast is finished.Many wont make it through, and no one who does will remain unchanged.Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey - one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman - as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz, These Days is a timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay