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This Is How It Ends
On sale
24th May 2012
Price: £16.99
Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award, 2013
Ireland . . .
America . . .
Family secrets . . .
Laughter . . .
Tragedy . . .
Swimming . . .
Dogs . . .
Big beaches . . .
Loneliness . . .
A story of unexpected,
life-changing love
America . . .
Family secrets . . .
Laughter . . .
Tragedy . . .
Swimming . . .
Dogs . . .
Big beaches . . .
Loneliness . . .
A story of unexpected,
life-changing love
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Reviews
Kathleen MacMahon's prose could not appear more effortless or beautiful . . . The twist in this tale is utterly unexpected and satisfyingly unpredictable . . . A bittersweet, engaging novel that will no doubt become a book-club darling
An exceptional novel . . . It is truly a story for our time. This is How it Ends signals the belated arrival of a new Irish commercial writer with an extraordinary gift and a voice that is entirely her own
When you have long forgotten many other fictional lovers, there is something about Addie and Bruno, their past and their world, that will not go away
A tender love story. A book about love, family, children and that glorious sense of being alive
The beginning of bank protests, alongside the American election and how crucial it seemed, send a tremor through the narrative