Böcker av Louise Nealon

Now in paperback, the "mad and wonderful? (Roddy Doyle) debut from "your next Irish literary obsession" (Shondaland): a novel about joy and despair, family and love, and coming of age in the 21st century. ?Snowflake is a wonderfully inventive, deeply felt novel full of the best kinds of surprises.??Margot LiveseyAn exquisitely talented young Irish writer makes her literary debut with this powerful and haunting novel. Eighteen-year-old Debbie was raised on her family's rural dairy farm, forty minutes and a world away from Dublin. She lives with her mother, Maeve, a skittish woman who takes to her bed for days on end, claims not to know who Debbie's father is, and believes her dreams are prophecies. Rounding out their small family is Maeve's brother Billy, who lives in a caravan behind their house, drinks too much, and likes to impersonate famous dead writers online. Though they may have their quirks, the Whites' fierce love for one another is never in doubt.But Debbie's life is changing. Earning a place at Trinity College Dublin, she commutes to her classes a few days a week. Outside the sheltered bubble of her childhood for the first time, Debbie finds herself both overwhelmed and disappointed by her fellow students and the pace and anonymity of city life. While the familiarity of the farm offers comfort, Debbie still finds herself pulling away from it. Yet just as she begins to ponder the possibilities the future holds, a resurgence of strange dreams raises her fears that she may share Maeve's fate. Then a tragic accident upends the family's equilibrium, and Debbie discovers her next steps may no longer be hers to choose.Gorgeous and beautifully wrought, Snowflake is an affecting coming-of-age story about a young woman learning to navigate a world that constantly challenges her sense of self.

'Wonderful and mad' Roddy Doyle'Sparks with tender charm and humour .

Debbie White, aged eighteen, lives and works on her familys dairy farm only forty minutes outside Dublin, but it might as well be another world. Her mother, Maeve, takes to bed for days on end, claims not to know who Debbies father is, and believes her dreams have the powers of prophecy. Her Uncle Billy, who lives in the caravan behind their house, drinks too much and impersonates famous dead writers online. Nevertheless, theres no shortage of love in Debbies family.When her top exam scores afford her a place at Trinity College Dublin, Debbie begins to commute in on class days, feeling both overwhelmed and under-impressed by her fellow students and the pace and anonymity of city life. For the first time, she questions her own identity, and when she begins to have strange dreams, Debbie fears that she may end up just like Maeve. A tragic accident upends the familys equilibrium, and Debbie will be forced into a role she never intended.At its heart, SNOWFLAKE is a coming-of-age story about a young woman learning to navigate through a world that constantly questions her sense of self. Its a beautiful literary debut by a preternaturally gifted young writer.

Debbie's mum Maeve's grip on reality is increasingly tenuous, and she spends her days recording her dreams, which are more real than her daylight hours. This world is Debbie's normal, but she is about to step into life as a university student in Dublin.