Description
Traumatised by a cot death a woman appreciates the isolation of lockdown;
A father who walked out on his family returns for his daughter’s wedding;
A ‘trophy wife’ must decide how to deal with the hostility of her stepson;
A loner who was bullied in school develops a sinister online identity;
Teenagers resolve to take action against a local refugee centre.
In this latest collection of short fiction – by turns edgy and darkly humorous – award-winning author David Butler examines the many aspects of what it means to be Irish in a world where personal identity is increasingly under pressure.