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 between mother and child and, more powerfully still, an icily persuasive account of the subtle dark arts of male coercion and abuse.'' DAILY MAIL WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: ''A brilliantly told story, engrossing, with love, pain, heartbreak and darkness. The characterisation was excellent and the plot was moving and gently woven.'' 5* reader review ''I raced through... Well-written, incredibly tense and chilling in parts.'' 5* reader review ''A book to savour and appreciate as well as enjoy.'' 5* reader review ''This is such a powerful story of love and family. It kept me awake desperate to find out what had happened to affect them all so badly.'' 5* reader review ''This is a beautifully written novel with powerfully drawn characters.'' 5* reader review ''Had me hooked... Loved it.'' 5* reader review ''Wow what a book!'' 5* reader review **Una Mannion''s first novel, A Crooked Tree, is available now**

'Extraordinary'' Irish Times Tom Kettle, a retired policeman, and widower, is settling into the quiet of his new home in Dalkey, overlooking the sea. His solitude is interrupted when two former colleagues turn up at his door to ask about a traumatic, decades-old case. A case that Tom never quite came to terms with. And his peace is further disturbed when his new neighbour, a mysterious young mother, asks for his help. A beautiful, haunting novel, in which nothing is quite as it seems, Old God''s Time is an unforgettable exploration of family, loss and love. ''To borrow a word that recurs in its pages, it is stupendous, in the sense that it shocks and astonishes.'' Irish Times Rare indeed are those novels worth cherishing and keeping close. Old God''s Time is one of them.'' DailyTelegraph ''So captivating. . . it will live long in the minds of its readers.'' Independent WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: ***** ''A beautiful family love story. It will haunt you and break your heart.'' ***** ''Deeply felt and so moving. I will be reading this again.'' ***** ''A tragic tale beautifully told. Sebastian Barry is one of the great contemporary writers.'' ***** ''Absolute perfection in novel form.'' ***** ''Deeply tragic. Deeply humorous. Utterly beautiful. I''m in awe.'' ***** ''A writer in possession of something divine . just exceptional.'' ***** ''Magically transporting . the balance of extreme grief and joy are perfectly expressed.''

''Beautiful World, Where Are You is Rooney''s best novel.'' THE TIMES The *new* novel from the internationally bestselling author of Normal People. Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he''d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young - but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They worry about sex and friendship and the world they live in. Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world? ''A tour de force. The dialogue never falters, and the prose burns up the page.'' GUARDIAN ''Rooney''s strongest writing thus far . . . There is a touching honesty and truthfulness in these pages, along with a quiet brilliance.'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''The book moved me to tears more than once . . . Rooney''s best novel.'' THE TIMES ''Rooney''s best novel yet. Funny and smart, full of sex and love and people doing their best to connect.'' Brandon Taylor, NEW YORK TIMES ''Written with immense skill and illuminated by an endlessly incisive intelligence.'' IRISH TIMES ''Beautiful World, Where Are You is not just worth reading. It''s worth thinking about.'' IRISH INDEPENDENT ''Brilliantly done: gripping, steamy, unbearably sad.'' TELEGRAPH

AS HEARD ON FRONT ROW, A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN AND FT ''SUMMER READ'' ''My favourite book I''ve read this year'' PANDORA SYKES ''Intense, furious, moving and often extremely funny'' DAVID NICHOLLS ''Astonishing'' Stephanie Merritt, Observer ''Very, very funny'' PAUL MURRAY In one of the most acclaimed novels of the year, her first in over a decade, Claire Kilroy takes us deep into the mind of her unforgettable heroine. Exploring the clash of fierce love for a new life with a seismic change in identity, she vividly realises the tumultuous emotions of a new mother. As her marriage strains and she struggles with questions of love, autonomy creativity and the passing of time, an old friend makes a welcome return - but can he really offer a lifeline to the woman she used to be? Readers adore Soldier Sailor: ***** ''About as perfect a piece of writing as you''ll find.'' ***** ''Unbearably tense and frequently hilarious.'' ***** ''An entirely different voltage to anything I''ve read ... she somehow manages to verbalise *exactly* the feelings and thoughts I, certainly, had at points when I was a young mother'' ***** ''This story touched me on such a visceral level.'' ***** ''I was held captive by this novel ... an utterly absorbing depiction of motherhood'' ***** ''I loved this book. Any woman, with or without children, will see themselves mirrored in this narrative'' ***** ''An excellent, interesting and rather unforgettable creation.''