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An epic story of a young girl on a life-changing odyssey across nineteenth-century Ireland on the eve of the Great Famine

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WINNER OF THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2018

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION, THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING 2018 & FRANCE´S PRIX LITTÉRATURE MONDE (2019)

SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 BY THE GUARDIAN AND ESQUIRE

Winter is closing in and Ireland is in the grip of famine. Early one October morning, Grace´s mother snatches her from sleep, brutally cuts her hair and tells her: ´You are the strong one now.´

Her mother fits her up in men´s clothes and casts her out, as she is no longer safe at home. With her younger brother Colly in tow, the two set off on a remarkable journey against the looming shadow of their country´s darkest hour.

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´The Irish writer´s third novel raises timeless questions about suffering and survival through the story of two children expelled from their impoverished home in the midst of the Great Famine. When you´re starving, Lynch seems to be asking, are you truly alive?´
Editors´ Choice, The New York Times Book Review

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Paul Lynch is the author of the novels Red Sky in Morning and The Black Snow . He won France´s Prix Libr´à Nous for Best Foreign Novel, and was a finalist for the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Prize). He lives in Dublin with his wife and daughter. www.paullynchwriter.com

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