The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories -- Louise Kennedy

<b>Brilliant, dark stories of women's lives by "a very major talent" (Joseph O<b>'</b>Connor, <i>Irish Times</i>)</b> <p/>In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed <i>Trespasses</i>, women's lives are etched by poverty--material, emotional, sexual--but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards they've been dealt. <p/>A wife is abandoned by her new husband in a derelict housing estate, with blood on her hands. An expectant mother's worst fears about her husband's entanglement with a teenage girl are confirmed. A sister is tormented by visions of the man her brother murdered during the Troubles. A woman struggles to forgive herself after an abortion threatens to destroy her marriage. Plumbing the depths of intimacy, violence, and redemption, these stories are "dazzling, heartbreaking . . . keen to share the lessons of a lifetime" (<i>Guardian</i>).<br><br><b>Author:</b> Louise Kennedy<br><b>Publisher:</b> Riverhead Books<br><b>Published:</b> 12/03/2024<br><b>Pages:</b> 304<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.45lbs<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780593540930