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‘Extraordinary . . . radiant’ Sunday Times ‘An existential tour-de-force’ Eimear McBride ‘Elatingly risky’ Guardian ‘We read in order to come to life.’ With fierce imagination, a woman revisits the moments that shape her life; from crushes on teachers to navigating relationships in a fast-paced world; from overhearing her grandmothers’ peculiar stories to nurturing her own personal freedom and a boundless love of literature. Fusing fantasy with lived experience, Checkout 19 is a vivid and mesmerising journey through the small traumas and triumphs that define us – as readers, as writers, as human beings. * A ‘Books of 2021′ pick in the Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Irish Times Culture and New Statesman *’This is her new book to shake the world anew’ Sebastian Barry’Mesmerising, whip-smart, full of genius . . . It is also very funny’ Elaine Feeney’Her voice is all her own’ Anne Enright; 240 pages; Published: 28/07/2022
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