Trespasses - Louise Kennedy
Category: Novel
Narrator: Brid Brennan
Tags: Novel, Historical Fiction, Adults, Literature
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION, Brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking.J.Courtney Sullivan, New York Times Book Review, TRESPASSES vaults Kennedy into the ranks of such contemporary masters as McCann, Claire Keegan, Colin Barrett, and fellow Sligo resident, Kevin Barry.Oprah Daily, Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and a dangerous passion., Amid daily reports of violence, Cushla lives a quiet life with her mother in a small town near Belfast, teaching at a parochial school and moonlighting at her familys pub. There she meets Michael Agnew, a Protestant barrister whos made a name for himself defending IRA members. Against her better judgment, Cushla lets herself get drawn in by him and his sophisticated world, and an affair ignites. Then the father of a student is savagely beaten, setting in motion a chain reaction that will threaten e
