The highly anticipated new novel by breakout debut writer Oisín McKenna, author of Evenings and Weekends

Set in Hackney, East London, between the 1990s and 2023, the story follows a cast of local characters in two timelines: focusing on a young Irish woman as she struggles to make a life for herself in 90s London and her son, living with and reckoning with his mother’s decisions thirty years later. Moving, witty and tender, it explores questions of community, belonging, trauma and and how to make a happy, fulfilling life in the contemporary world.

Oisín Mckenna was born and raised in Drogheda, Ireland and lives in London. He was awarded the Next Generation Bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland to write Evenings and Weekends - the highest award for an emerging artist in Ireland - and it was developed with further funding from Arts Council England. Evenings and Weekends has been awarded a 2022 London Writers Award, which supports London's most promising underrepresented writers. In 2017, Oisín was named in the Irish Times one of the best-spoken word artists in the country. He has written and performed four theatre shows, including ADMIN, an award-winning production at Dublin Fringe 2019, and has written for outlets including the Irish Times on issues such as gentrification and the alienation of Dublin's youth.