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Exile Aimee Walsh

Exile By Aimee Walsh

Exile by Aimee Walsh


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Summary

Taut and tender, a devastating exploration of the repercussions of one half-remembered night.

Exile Summary

Exile by Aimee Walsh

Leaving home was hard. Returning is impossible.

Fiadh's life is turned completely upside down on a night out in Belfast. Pretty soon everyone has heard about what happened; it is impossible to keep the rumours from spreading, the gossip from spiralling out of control. And just as she was beginning to finally figure everything out: she was feeling positive about her move to Liverpool, she was starting to get on top of her uni work and had made some new friends. Now her life is in freefall and Fiadh is helpless to do anything about it.

She starts missing assignment deadlines, stops turning up to class and doesn't respond to any of her friends' messages. Her nights revolve around random hook ups, fuelled by drink and drugs. Without the tightknit group of friends she left behind at home or the support of the new friends she has made in Liverpool, Fiadh's life quickly descends into chaos, a chaos that nearly costs her everything.

Exile Reviews

A taut, accomplished and affecting addition to the recent body of Belfast novels about the disaffected young, and the complicated tug that a place can have on you -- Lucy Caldwell
Skilfully interrogates what it means to have a complex relationship with home, paints a stunningly realistic portrait of the awkward years between childhood and adult existence and is, above all, a cracking read -- Jan Carson
A passionate, authoritative novel that maps with scrupulous detail the intensities and treacheroushly shifting allegiances of its cast -- Colin Barrett
Visceral and compelling, Exile is an unflinching novel whose clear-eyed compassion burns brightly even in its darkest moments -- Colin Walsh
An explosive debut . . . about the joys, sorrows and complexities of female friendship, and what it is to both leave home and to return changed -- Alice Slater
An assured, unsentimental portrayal of youth . . . A compelling debut -- EM Reapy
An eruption of a book by a phenomenal writer -- Darran Anderson

About Aimee Walsh

Aimee Walsh is a writer from Belfast. Her writing has appeared in Extra Teeth, Refinery29, The Skinny and RTE.

Additional information

GOR013721175
9781399815857
1399815857
Exile by Aimee Walsh
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Murray Press
2024-05-23
256
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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