The coast road

£9.99

A brilliantly observed debut novel about two women in a small Irish community in 1994 – the year before divorce was made legal

ISBN: 9781526663689 Author: Murrin, Alan Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: 1st May 2025 Imprint: Bloomsbury Cover: Paperback Dewey: 823.92 (edition:23) Pages: 320 Language: English Edition: 1st paperback ed Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subject:

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‘A perfect book club read … Assured and powerful SUNDAY TIMES
‘I loved this novel … An addictive read’ GILLIAN ANDERSON
Moves between rage, forgiveness and hope … A stonkingly good novelSARAH WINMAN
A beautiful, accomplished debutLOUISE KENNEDY

It’s 1994 in County Donegal, Ireland, and everyone is talking about Colette Crowley: the writer, the bohemian, the woman who left her family to be with a married man in Dublin.

Returning to pick up the pieces of her old life, Colette finds that nothing – and everything – has changed. When the man to whom she is still married denies her access to their children, Colette enlists the help of Izzy, a housewife and mother of two, and the women forge a friendship that will send them on a spiralling journey – one towards a path of self-discovery, and the other towards tragedy.

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