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The Favourite
By (Author) Rosemary Hennigan
Orion Publishing Co
Orion
28th November 2023
18th January 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
823.92
Paperback
288
Width 152mm, Height 232mm, Spine 26mm
360g
She'll be his favourite, and his downfall...
To everyone else, Jessica Flynn looks like the perfect student. She's young, kind, smart, and looks set to be this year's 'favourite' in charismatic Professor Crane's law class. Everyone wants to be chosen as the annual favourite - it's a one-way ticket to a successful career, a career that most people could only dream of.But Jessie doesn't care about Crane's connections. She doesn't care about becoming the next hotshot lawyer. Jessie cares that her sister is dead. She cares that it's Crane's fault. She cares about making him pay. But will she be able to get the answers and justice she seeks, or will her search for revenge destroy her firstRosemary is an Irish author who lives in Dublin. She studied Law at Trinity College Dublin, as well as the University of Pennsylvania, and is a Fulbright Scholar. She practiced as a solicitor, first in corporate law, before moving into the NGO sector. She has worked in advocacy for a number of charities focused on asylum and homelessness.
She was shortlisted for the Benedict Kiely Short Story Competition and longlisted for the Colm Toibin Short Story Competition.