Synopsis
Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Winner of the Sunday Independent Best Newcomer Award
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book of the Year
Solace by Belinda McKeon is a dazzling story of love, family and divided loyalties.
Mark Casey did not expect to fall in love. But from the minute he saw Joanne Lynch across the garden of a Dublin pub, it seemed that nothing else was possible.
But Mark is also drawn back – guiltily – to his family and the land they have farmed for generations, and when he discovers the truth behind a family feud, it threatens to destroy this passionate love affair.
‘A novel of quiet power, filled with moments of carefully told truth’ - Colm Tóibín, author of Long Island
‘Elegant, consuming and richly inspired. Superb’ - Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
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“McKeon demonstrates a real wisdom in this book which will appeal to readers both young and old, and a command of style and structure which will make this a much-loved and a treasured book by readers everywhere”Colm Tóibín, author of Long Island
“A story told with clear-eyed compassion and quiet intelligence about what it is to grow up and grow away, about the difference between “here” and “home”. Solace lives up to its title: this is a lovely debut”Anne Enright, author of The Gathering
“Powerful and beautifully paced. It’s a revealing portrait of contemporary Irish life with a cast of convincing, complicated, real characters. I was totally gripped”Catherine O’Flynn, author of What Was Lost
“It is a remarkable debut. She has the ability to reveal deep and complex emotions with extraordinary simplicity”Clare Morrall, author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour
