Una Mannion Tell Me What I Am : 'Beautiful, haunting.' LOUISE KENNEDY

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGERSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARDFrom the internationally bestselling author of A Crooked TreeBeautiful, haunting. LOUISE KENNEDYVividly real . . . Theres love here as well as pain. MARIAN KEYESDeeply moving. OBSERVERA surefooted and emotionally complex novel . . . absorbing. IRISH TIMESI loved it. LIZ NUGENTPlease dont hang up. I dont know if you remember. You used to live with me. You and your mother. Ruby lives with her father in an old farmhouse at the end of a dirt road. He teaches her to hunt, to forage for mushrooms, to gut a fish. She learns to tiptoe around his temper and never to ask about her absent mother. Ruby has no idea that, hundreds of miles away, a woman she barely remembers is desperate to answer those same questions. Captivating, tender and deeply moving, Tell Me What I Am is an unforgettable portrait of the indelible bonds of family and how far we will go for the ones we love. Haunting and deeply moving. OBSERVERPropulsive and richly atmospheric. IRISH INDEPENDENTAn engrossing, deftlytold story with an aching secret at its heart, this is a profoundly moving novel of family and women standing strong together. LISA BALLANTYNESharp, poignant, thrilling and moving. CHRIS WHITAKERCompelling . . . Mannion writes with a lyrical economy that stands out, and always shows a deep empathy for her welldrawn characters. IRISH EXAMINERA wrenching portrait of the umbilical bond between mother and child and, more powerfully still, an... | Una Mannion Tell Me What I Am : 'Beautiful, haunting.' LOUISE KENNEDY