Placeholders
by James Roseman
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Pub Date 26 Sep 2024 | Archive Date 31 Mar 2024
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Description
An unflinching and emotionally insightful debut about cultural identity, homesickness, love and loss.
In the five years following his brother's death, Aaron has built himself a life of solitary routines. After moving from Dublin to Boston, and illegally overstaying her visa, Róisín has done the same.
When the two meet on a night out, they each find in the other something missing in their lives. A semblance of home.
Their relationship is complicated by their disparate religious backgrounds - Aaron is Jewish; Roísín is atheist - and by the harsh realities of everyday life. Just as they're pushed to their breaking point, Roísín realises she is pregnant.
Placeholders is a poignant story of loneliness corrected and the transformative power of love.
Advance Praise
'A subtle, beautifully written story of two young people trying to make a life – together and as individuals – under the pressures of late capitalism… written with an unflinching tenderness' - LARISSA PHAM, author of Pop Song
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780857308573 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 256 |
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