The Amendments
By Niamh Mulvey
Harry Hartog's review
If I could give this book 50, 000 stars, I would. Following one core family it dances between mothers, daughters & friends, delicately but powerfully revealing the pain and strength is has always taken to be a woman in Catholic Ireland. The characters, themes and issues covered are painful, but Mulvey tackles and shapes each one with such brilliance and humanity that you are simply left in awe. I recommend this book to everyone, but especially to people who like Sally Rooney but like decent writing. - Lauren, Subscriptions
Description
Extraordinary. I loved it' - Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist
'Engrossing and moving' - Emma Donoghue, author of Room
'Wonderfully compelling' - Joseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea
Nell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, it's the start of a new life. For Nell, it's the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist's office. Because she can't go into this without dealing with the truth: that she has been a mother before.
For Dolores, Nell's mother, the news also brings a reckoning: with her own activist past, with what unfolded for her daughter fifteen years ago, and with a tragedy neither of them have spoken about since . . .
Niamh Mulvey's debut novel, The Amendments, was selected by the Irish Independent, the Irish Times, the Irish Journal and VIP as one of the most anticipated novels of the year.
- ISBN:
- 9781529079876
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 336
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Pan Macmillan
- Imprint:
- Picador
- Weight:
- 230 g