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The Alternatives
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OLWEN. NELL. MAEVE. RHONA. MEET THE FLATTERY SISTERS. Superb is the only word for this novel. – Irish Times Surprising and delightful... The Alternatives made me laugh, cry, and think. – Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses Four gifted Irish sisters confront an uncertain future in this...
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The Alternatives
The lives of four sisters begin to unravel when one of them disappears, in this thought-provoking, sharply comic Irish novel
The lives of four sisters begin to unravel when one of them disappears, in this thought-provoking, sharply comic Irish novel
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OLWEN. NELL. MAEVE. RHONA. MEET THE FLATTERY SISTERS.
Superb is the only word for this novel. – Irish Times
Surprising and delightful... The Alternatives made me laugh, cry, and think. – Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses
Four gifted Irish sisters confront an uncertain future in this dazzling novel from a major literary talent. Perfect for fans of Jonathan Franzen, Maggie O'Farrell, and Claire Vaye Watkins.
Olwen, Nell, Maeve, and Rhona were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties, they have each carved out impressive careers – living distant lives, fighting separate battles. But Olwen's disappearance is about to change everything.
A geologist haunted by the weight of the earth's past and a crushing awareness of its volatile future, Olwen abruptly vanishes from her home without a trace. Her sisters track her down to a remote bungalow in rural Ireland, with little electricity and patchy connection to the outside world. Together for the first time in years, the sisters vie to confront old wounds and diagnose new ills – most urgently, Olwen's.
Fiercely witty and unexpectedly hopeful, The Alternatives is an unforgettable portrait of a family perched on our collective precipice, told by one of Ireland's most gifted storytellers.
A New Statesman 'Book to Look Forward to in 2024'
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780861549344
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 February 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Oneworld Publications
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 352
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About the Author
Caoilinn Hughes is the author of The Wild Laughter, which won the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award and was longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and Orchid & the Wasp, which won the Collyer Bristow Prize and was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. She was recently the Oscar Wilde Centre Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin and a Cullman Center Fellow at the New York Public Library.
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