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Against her better judgment – Michael is not only Protestant but older, and married – Cushla lets herself get drawn in by him and his sophisticated world, and an affair ignites. There she meets Michael Agnew, a barrister who’s made a name for himself defending IRA members. By day she teaches at a parochial school at night she fills in at her family’s pub. Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and a dangerous passion.Īmid daily reports of violence, Cushla lives a quiet life with her mother in a small town near Belfast. “TRESPASSES vaults Kennedy into the ranks of such contemporary masters as McCann, Claire Keegan, Colin Barrett, and fellow Sligo resident, Kevin Barry. “Brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking.”-J.Courtney Sullivan, New York Times Book Review SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST