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“Annie Macmanus can write. The Fox is a beautifully natural but offbeat story of love and betrayal. Strangely tense and serene all at once.” —Matt Haig, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Midnight Library A propulsive, emotionally layered suspense novel about two women with a...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MOTHER MOTHER 'A very 21st-century story of love and obsession’ SAM BAKER 'Unforgettable and deeply original' ELAINE FEENEY 'A real literary page-turner . . . Amazing' DONAL RYAN 'I devoured The Fox' SARA COX 'A beautiful and intelligent novel'...

It's the turn of the millennium and, landing in London with nothing but her CD collection and demo tape, Orla Quinn moves into a squalid Kilburn house with her best mate and a band called Shiva. Orla wants to make music, but juggling two jobs and partying every night isn't helping. Back in Ireland her parents' marriage has crumbled, she's not speaking to her father, and her mother and sister are drinking too much.

DJ Annie Macmanus chats to artists, writers, musicians and a host of fascinating people about CHANGE. Each guest talks through the biggest changes they have overcome in childhood and adulthood, and how they effect change. The podcast explores how change punctuates our lives, how it can totally derail us and define who we are. How we confront it, react to it and how we try to activate change has never been more important than in this moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mary grew up longing for information about the mother she never knew. Her brother could barely remember her, and their father numbed his pain with drink. Now aged thirty-seven, Mary has lived in the same house her whole life. She's never left Belfast. TJ, who's about to turn eighteen, is itching to see more of the world. But when his mother disappears, TJ begins to realise what he's been taking for granted.