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Nesting

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Nesting

By: Roisin O'Donnell
Narrated by: Louisa Harland
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From an unforgettable new voice in Irish fiction, a heart-pounding, life-affirming story about one woman trying to leave her marriage and start over. For fans of Claire Keegan and Louise Kennedy.

On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line, Ciara 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.

It was meant to be an escape. But with dwindling savings, no job, and her family across the sea, Ciara finds herself adrift, facing a broken housing system and the voice of her own demons. As summer passes and winter closes in, she must navigate raising her children in a hotel room, searching for a new home and dealing with her husband Ryan’s relentless campaign to get her to come back. Because leaving is one thing, but staying away is another.

What will it take for Ciara to reinvent her life? Can she ever truly break away from Ryan’s control – and what will be the cost?

Tense, beautiful and gut-wrenching, Nesting is an unforgettable story of motherhood, underpinned by love, hope and resilience.

©2025 Roisin O'Donnell (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio
Family Life Literary Fiction

Critic Reviews

'Nesting is a powerful novel. Urgent, and hugely satisfying.' (Roddy Doyle, author of The Women Behind the Door)
'A gorgeous, maddening, thrilling and compassionate book. Roisín O’Donnell so expertly captures the dull thud of dread and the frailty of hope. Nesting shows us that the quietest voice in the room can also be the most powerful.' (Sheila Armstrong, author of Falling Animals)
'Such a beautiful and real portrayal of contemporary Dublin.' (Ana Kinsella, author of Look Here)

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