Nesting
A Novel
Roisín O'Donnell
- **An
- Instant
- Bestseller
- in
- Ireland
- and
- the
- UKIn
- this
- beautiful,
- urgent,
- and
- ultimately
- uplifting
- novel
- by
- a
- rising
- Irish
- literary
- star
- comes
- a
- heart-pounding,
- life-affirming
- story
- about
- one
- woman
- trying
- to
- leave
- her
- marriage
- and
- start
- over.**On
- a
- bright
- spring
- afternoon,
- Ciara
- Fay
- makes
- a
- split-second
- decision
- that
- will
- change
- everything.
- Grabbing
- an
- armful
- of
- clothes
- off
- the
- clothesline,
- she
- 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—and
- that
- this
- time,
- when
- she
- leaves,
- she
- must
- stay
- away.On
- the
- surface,
- she
- has
- a
- perfect
- life:
- her
- husband,
- Ryan,
- is
- a
- good
- provider,
- sometimes
- even
- kind
- and
- attentive,
- from
- a
- nice
- Irish
- family,
- and
- they
- have
- another
- baby
- on
- the
- way.
- But
- he
- also
- monitors
- Ciara's
- every
- move,
- flies
- into
- unpredictable
- rages
- where
- he
- convinces
- her
- she
- can
- do
- nothing
- right,
- and
- has
- isolated
- her
- from
- work,
- friends,
- and
- her
- beloved
- family.Was
- fleeing
- the
- right
- thing
- to
- do?
- With
- no
- job
- and
- no
- support,
- Ciara
- struggles
- to
- provide
- a
- sense
- of
- normalcy
- for
- her
- little
- girls.
- Facing
- a
- broken
- housing
- system,
- they
- move
- into
- a
- hotel
- room
- on
- a
- floor
- reserved
- for
- women
- like
- her,
- eating
- takeout,
- washing
- their
- clothes
- in
- the
- bathroom
- sink,
- and
- building
- a
- community
- with
- the
- other
- residents.
- Ryan,
- meanwhile,
- wages
- a
- relentless
- campaign
- to
- win
- her
- back,
- and
- Ciara
- wavers.
- He
- never
- hit
- her,
- after
- all,
- and
- don't
- the
- girls
- need
- a
- stable
- home?For
- fans
- of
- Claire
- Keegan
- and
- Louise
- Kennedy,
- Roisín
- O'Donnell’s
- extraordinary
- debut
- creates
- a
- devastating
- and
- suspenseful
- portrait
- of
- gaslighting
- and
- emotional
- abuse—and
- even
- better,
- a
- triumphant
- story
- about
- family,
- love,
- and
- finding
- a
- new
- place
- to nest.
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