Tell Me What I Am

Beautiful, haunting. - LOUISE KENNEDY

Vividly real . . . There's love here as well as pain. - MARIAN KEYES

A sure-footed and emotionally complex novel . . . absorbing. - IRISH TIMES

I loved it. - LIZ NUGENT

Please don't hang up. I don't know if you remember. You used to live with me. You and your mother.

Ruby lives with her father in an old farmhouse at the end of a dirt road. He teaches her to hunt, to forage for mushrooms, to gut a fish. She learns to tiptoe around his temper - and never to ask about her absent mother. Ruby has no idea that, hundreds of miles away, a woman she barely remembers is desperate to answer those same questions.

Captivating, tender and deeply moving, Tell Me What I Am is an unforgettable portrait of the indelible bonds of family - and how far we will go for the ones we love.

Haunting and deeply moving. - OBSERVER

Propulsive and richly atmospheric. - IRISH INDEPENDENT

An engrossing, deftly-told story with an aching secret at its heart, this is a profoundly moving novel of family and women standing strong together. - LISA BALLANTYNE

Sharp, poignant, thrilling and moving. - CHRIS WHITAKER

Compelling . . . Mannion writes with a lyrical economy that stands out, and always shows a deep empathy for her well-drawn characters. - IRISH EXAMINER

A wrenching portrait of the umbilical bond between mother and child and, more powerfully still, an icily persuasive account of the subtle dark arts of male coercion and abuse. - DAILY MAIL

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:

A brilliantly told story, engrossing, with love, pain, heartbreak and darkness. The characterisation was excellent and the plot was moving and gently woven. - 5* reader review

I raced through... Well-written, incredibly tense and chilling in parts. - 5* reader review

A book to savour and appreciate as well as enjoy. - 5* reader review

This is such a powerful story of love and family. It kept me awake desperate to find out what had happened to affect them all so badly. - 5* reader review

This is a beautifully written novel with powerfully drawn characters. - 5* reader review

Had me hooked... Loved it. - 5* reader review

Wow what a book! - 5* reader review

Una Mannion's first novel, A Crooked Tree, is available now.