Sweet home : stories
Erskine, Wendy2020
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A reclusive cult-rock icon ends his days in the street where he was born; a lonely woman is fascinated by her niqab-wearing neighbours; a husband and wife become enmeshed in the lives of the young couple they pay to do their cleaning and gardening. Set in contemporary East Belfast, these eleven acutely observed short stories come charged with regret and sorrow, desire and yearning. With clear-eyed compassion and wry humour, Wendy Erskine deftly lays bare her characters' struggle to maintain control in an often cruel world, where tragic events cast long shadows.
Main title:
Sweet home : stories / Wendy Erskine.
Author:
Erskine, Wendy, author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2020.
Collation:
217 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Dublin: The Stinging Fly Press, 2018.
ISBN:
9781529017076 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2228820