Trespasses -- Louise Kennedy

<b>"Brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking."--J.Courtney Sullivan, <i>New York Times Book Review</i> <p/><b><i><b>"</b>TRESPASSES</i> vaults Kennedy into the ranks of such contemporary masters as McCann, Claire Keegan, Colin Barrett, and fellow Sligo resident, Kevin Barry.<b>"</b> --Oprah Daily</b> <p/>Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and a dangerous passion.<br></b><br> Amid daily reports of violence, Cushla lives a quiet life with her mother in a small town near Belfast. By day she teaches at a parochial school; at night she fills in at her family's pub. There she meets Michael Agnew, a barrister who's made a name for himself defending IRA members. Against her better judgment - Michael is not only Protestant but older, and married - Cushla lets herself get drawn in by him and his sophisticated world, and an affair ignites. Then the father of a student is savagely beaten, setting in motion a chain reaction that will threaten everything, and everyone, Cushla most wants to protect. <p/> As tender as it is unflinching, <i>Trespasses</i> is a heart-pounding, heart-rending drama of thwarted love and irreconcilable loyalties, in a place what you come from seems to count more than what you do, or whom you cherish.<b> </b><br><br><b>Author:</b> Louise Kennedy<br><b>Publisher:</b> Riverhead Books<br><b>Published:</b> 11/01/2022<br><b>Pages:</b> 304<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</