Confessions

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An extraordinarily moving and expansive debut novel that follows three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again It is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady's father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life- far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of her family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspool... An essential, immersive debut from an astonishing new voice, Confessions traces the arc of three generations of women as they experience in their own time the irresistible gravity of the past- its love and tragedy, its mystery and redemption, and, in all things intended and accidental, the beauty and terrible shade of the things we do.

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Brilliantly conceived and magnificently executed, I truly could not put it down. I havent come across as honest, truthful, compelling, and gripping a writer for decades. The work of a debut novelist that feels like the work of a seasoned and highly accomplished author. -- Anna Fitzgerald, author of GIRL IN THE MAKING
Confessions is a remarkable debut. A complex and compulsive read that unravels the intricate twists and revelations among three generations of women with elegance and urgency. -- Miranda Cowley Heller, author of THE PAPER PALACE
Confessions is a tender and bitingly original work that effortlessly weaves the parochial weight of Irish family history with the mendacious allure of Manhattan's seedy streets. Catherine Airey reads like a natural successor to Maeve Brennan, a chronicler of the pain and peril of self-determination. -- Darragh McKeon, award-winning author of REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
Exciting, expansive and transporting storytelling. It's hard to believe CONFESSIONS is a debut novel -- Roxy Dunn, author of AS YOUNG IS THIS

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Catherine Airey grew up in England in a family of mixed English-Irish descent, and now lives in County Cork. Confessions is her first novel.