For Adults
Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise is the next book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club—exploring the fine line between dishonesty and reinvention, it weaves an evocative and compelling story of a woman perpetually in flight.
You can listen to the live interview with Charleen on BBC Sounds from 24 February.
We have the chance for you to win a set of 10 copies of this novel for your book club. To apply, click on the survey link below. UK residents only, deadline for entries 11 March 2026.
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Saoirse
Can a great love survive a great deception?
In the wilds of Donegal, Ireland, 1999, Saoirse is an artist living an outwardly idyllic life. Her tender husband Daithí and two beloved daughters are regular subjects for her work, and in them she has found the safe home that she has always longed for. She tends not to talk about her past, and those that love her have learned to accept that the full story is too painful for her to disclose.
When her Dublin exhibition unexpectedly wins a prestigious award that invites a swarm of publicity, Saoirse is left panic stricken. The unanticipated recognition threatens to expose a decade’s worth of buried memories and past crimes. Because what her family and friends don’t know is that Saoirse has been on the run since she was seventeen, she has stolen an identity to survive, and whilst Ireland might now be her home, it wasn’t her first – and now her past life is poised to reclaim her.
How to apply
To apply, fill in this survey by 11 March.
