Tell Me What I Am - Una Mannion

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGERSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARDFrom the internationally bestselling author of A Crooked Tree''Beautiful, haunting.'' LOUISE KENNEDY''Vividly real . . . There''s love here as well as pain.'' MARIAN KEYES''Deeply moving.'' OBSERVER‘A sure-footed and emotionally complex novel . . . absorbing.’ IRISH TIMES''I loved it.'' LIZ NUGENTPlease don’t hang up. I don’t know if you remember. You used to live with me. You and your mother.Ruby lives with her father in an old farmhouse at the end of a dirt road. He teaches her to hunt, to forage for mushrooms, to gut a fish. She learns to tiptoe around his temper – and never to ask about her absent mother.Ruby has no idea that, hundreds of miles away, a woman she barely remembers is desperate to answer those same questions. Captivating, tender and deeply moving, Tell Me What I Am is an unforgettable portrait of the indelible bonds of family – and how far we will go for the ones we love.''Haunting and deeply moving.'' OBSERVER''Propulsive and richly atmospheric.'' IRISH INDEPENDENT''An engrossing, deftly-told story with an aching secret at its heart, this is a profoundly moving novel of family and women standing strong together.'' LISA BALLANTYNE''Sharp, poignant, thrilling and moving.'' CHRIS WHITAKER''Compelling . . . Mannion writes with a lyrical economy that stands out, and always shows a deep empathy for her well-drawn characters.'' IRISH EXAMINER‘A wrenching portrait of the umbilical bond
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