Ciarán West
Published: 2021-07-26
Total Pages: 638
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One awful day, in the summer of 1994, Caoimhe O'Shaughnessy lost everything. A sister she never got to say goodbye to, and a boy she barely had time to know or love, before he was gone, too. In the weeks and months that followed, she found her salvation in some amazing new friends, a gift for songwriting, and a few other (less legal) cures. Almost a year after her life became a waking nightmare, Caoimhe experiences the weekend of her dreams, at the Féile 95 music festival. Faces from the past come to visit, close friends become closer than friends, a mysterious girl thieves everyone's hearts, and nobody goes home quite the same as they arrived. After a three year absence, Ciarán West makes a triumphant return to his uniquely transgressive coming-of-age roots, in a brand new story - filled with side-rending laughs, heart-splitting romances, and characters so endearing you'll hate every minute you have to spend away from them. If you've ever known the joy and the pain of being young; if you've ever had your heart stolen, unexpectedly; if you've ever felt the music all the way down in your soul, Breaking into Heaven is this year's must-read novel.