ARGONAUT BOOKS

From Belfast to London and back again the eleven stories that comprise Caldwell's first collection explore the many facets of growing up - the pain and the heartache, the tenderness and the joy, the fleeting and the formative - or 'the drunkenness of things being various'. Stories of longing and belonging, they culminate with the heart-wrenching and unforgettable title story. Reviews Beautifully crafted, and so finely balanced that she holds the reader right up against the tender humanity of her characters.Lucy Caldwell's first short-story collection is largely rooted in...Read More