Stations
A Novel
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Stations
Narrated by:
Brid Brennan
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Louise Kennedy
“Blisteringly good… Her questions will burn themselves into your heart.” –The Guardian
“I loved this book so much. Highly recommend.” –Joumana Khatib, New York Times
“A propulsive, powerful novel about first love and regret.” –Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko
“I gulped this down - convinced, fascinated, and moved by every page.” –Emma Donoghue, author of Room
“Brilliant and heartbreaking … one of the finest novels about unrequited love I’ve ever read.” –Elin Hilderbrand, author of The Five Star Weekend
A woman is haunted by the unsettled boy who befriended her as an outcast teenager, long after he drifts out of reach
In 1980s Ireland, Róisín and Red bond as only two precocious and disaffected teenagers can. Soon he is privy to the secret source of her shame and anger: the father who’s abandoned her and her mother to their damp house and never-ending strife. But what does Róisín know about why Red avoids going home to his own posh parents and house—the house he soon flees forever?
When a Christmas visit to her father reveals the devastating truth of his new life in London, Róisín tracks down Red and moves into his Pimlico squat. But the path he is now on is a disturbing one, and gradually they drift apart. And yet the great, never-consummated passion of her youth remains a visitation upon the years that follow. Will Róisín ever stop longing for Red? Will she ever learn to let someone else love her—or learn to love herself?
Stations is a gorgeous, wrenching novel about the terrible—and sometimes redemptive—power with which the past hovers over the present.
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Reviews
Praise for Stations:
"A marvel."–People, "Must Read Books of the Fall"
"Blisteringly good… [Kennedy’s] characters are messy, flawed, often shatteringly self-destructive but, mapped with her fierce compassion, they march straight off the page … Stations is at its heart a love story, a furious, tender, potty-mouthed paean to loyalty and generosity of spirit." —The Guardian
"An astute, emotionally charged novel that examines the lasting effects of first love." —Economist
"Captures with fino-dry wit the path of would-be lovers … [Kennedy] is particularly good at implying the psychology of her characters - especially the parts they fail to understand themselves... [and] remembering, and recreating, the teeming emotional complexities of youth." —Financial Times
"Stunning … [Louise Kennedy]. . . has done it again with this exquisitely written story." —Good Housekeeping
"Kennedy’s heartbreaking novel is sad yet somehow hopeful and hauntingly luminous."—Kirkus (STARRED review)
“A page-turner with depth and heart … as if Patti Smith’s Just Kids had been written by Roddy Doyle, this gem of a novel will entertain and move fans of literary fiction.” —Library Journal (STARRED review)
“A nuanced story of Irish expats in London. . . Once this gets its hooks in readers, it doesn’t let go.”—Publishers Weekly
“Brilliant and heartbreaking … one of the finest novels about unrequited love I’ve ever read.” –Elin Hilderbrand
“A lovely work of mourning and reclamation.” —Anne Enright
“A beautiful novel about loss and being lost.” —Nick Hornby
“A propulsive, powerful novel about first love and regret.” —Min Jin Lee
“I gulped this down - convinced, fascinated, and moved by every page.” —Emma Donoghue
"Unsparing and often hilarious … Full of startling insight and rich in social detail, this exceptionally strong second novel emphatically confirms Kennedy's place in the front rank of Irish fiction." —Times Literary Supplement
"A triumph of realist fiction ... Both the writing and the central character, Roisin, wield a playful darkness that I found deeply satisfying." —Observer
"When reading Stations, you are in the hands of an author who is able to move beyond her memory stores and flex her literary muscles … Kennedy continues to do what she does best." ― The Times
"The heir to Edna O'Brien. Every bit as devastating, skillful and alive as her lauded debut novel. A masterwork. Brutal and perfect." ―Irish Times
"A marvel."–People, "Must Read Books of the Fall"
"Blisteringly good… [Kennedy’s] characters are messy, flawed, often shatteringly self-destructive but, mapped with her fierce compassion, they march straight off the page … Stations is at its heart a love story, a furious, tender, potty-mouthed paean to loyalty and generosity of spirit." —The Guardian
"An astute, emotionally charged novel that examines the lasting effects of first love." —Economist
"Captures with fino-dry wit the path of would-be lovers … [Kennedy] is particularly good at implying the psychology of her characters - especially the parts they fail to understand themselves... [and] remembering, and recreating, the teeming emotional complexities of youth." —Financial Times
"Stunning … [Louise Kennedy]. . . has done it again with this exquisitely written story." —Good Housekeeping
"Kennedy’s heartbreaking novel is sad yet somehow hopeful and hauntingly luminous."—Kirkus (STARRED review)
“A page-turner with depth and heart … as if Patti Smith’s Just Kids had been written by Roddy Doyle, this gem of a novel will entertain and move fans of literary fiction.” —Library Journal (STARRED review)
“A nuanced story of Irish expats in London. . . Once this gets its hooks in readers, it doesn’t let go.”—Publishers Weekly
“Brilliant and heartbreaking … one of the finest novels about unrequited love I’ve ever read.” –Elin Hilderbrand
“A lovely work of mourning and reclamation.” —Anne Enright
“A beautiful novel about loss and being lost.” —Nick Hornby
“A propulsive, powerful novel about first love and regret.” —Min Jin Lee
“I gulped this down - convinced, fascinated, and moved by every page.” —Emma Donoghue
"Unsparing and often hilarious … Full of startling insight and rich in social detail, this exceptionally strong second novel emphatically confirms Kennedy's place in the front rank of Irish fiction." —Times Literary Supplement
"A triumph of realist fiction ... Both the writing and the central character, Roisin, wield a playful darkness that I found deeply satisfying." —Observer
"When reading Stations, you are in the hands of an author who is able to move beyond her memory stores and flex her literary muscles … Kennedy continues to do what she does best." ― The Times
"The heir to Edna O'Brien. Every bit as devastating, skillful and alive as her lauded debut novel. A masterwork. Brutal and perfect." ―Irish Times
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