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Nesting, the powerful, intense and moving debut novel by Roisín O’Donnell, has been chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club with Sara Cox. You can listen to the live interview with Roisin on BBC Sounds from 4 February.
We have the chance for you to win a set of 10 copies of this novel for your book club. To apply, click the link below and tell us why your group would like to read the book. UK residents only, deadline for entries 18 February 2025.
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Nesting
On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line, Ciara straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away. Head spinning, all she knows for certain is that home is no longer safe.
This was meant to be an escape. But with dwindling savings, no job, and her family across the sea, Ciara finds herself adrift, facing a broken housing system and the voice of her own demons. As summer passes and winter closes in, she must navigate raising her children in a hotel room, searching for a new home and dealing with her husband Ryan’s relentless campaign to get her to come back. Because leaving is one thing, but staying away is another.
What will it take for Ciara to rebuild her life? Can she ever truly break away from Ryan’s control – and what will be the cost?
Tense, beautiful, and underpinned by an unassailable love, hope and resilience, this is the story of one woman’s bid to start over.
