by Ana Crespo Bordes, Donal Ryan
First published 2020
In the green hills of 1970s rural Ireland, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney vanishes without a trace, leaving her parents Paddy and Kit suspended in a nightmare of uncertainty. Five years of desperate silence end when Moll unexpectedly returns from London—but she doesn't come alone. Her reappearance brings a stranger who will transform everything her family believes about love, belonging, and survival. As secrets emerge and boundaries blur, the Gladneys must confront the radical truth of who Moll has become and what her absence and return truly mean. This is a story about the extraordinary resilience of family bonds when tested by the most unexpected circumstances.
Genres: literary-fiction, family-life, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, secrets
Setting: Ireland, London
Period: 1970s
208 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday