An intimate portrait of the lives of three women woven across 40 years of Irish history, told through the lens of sex, religion, and motherhood with compassion and honesty. This novel takes the struggle for reproductive rights in Ireland as its backdrop and framing device as the reality of this struggle plays out in the lives of Brigid, Dolores, and Nell at different points in time. Mulvey has crafted an impactful debut, a coming of age concerned with the impact of choices made and choices taken away, and how there can be no escaping the sins of the past without first confronting them, and yourself.

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