The End of the World is a Cul de Sac

By Louise Kennedy

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Brilliant, dark stories of women's lives by "a very major talent" (Joseph O ' Connor, Irish Times ) In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed Trespasses , women's lives are etched by poverty--material, emotional, sexual--but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards they've been dealt. A wife is abandoned by her new husband in a derelict housing estate, with blood on her hands. An expectant mother's worst fears about her husband's entanglement with a teenage girl are confirmed. A sister is tormented by visions of the man her brother murdered during the Troubles. A woman struggles to forgive herself after an abortion threatens to destroy her marriage. Plumbing the depths of intimacy, violence, and redemption, these stories are "dazzling, heartbreaking . . . keen to share the lessons of a lifetime" ( Guardian ).

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0593540921

ISBN13:9780593540923

Release Date:December 2023

Publisher:Riverhead Books

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"

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