Niamh Mulvey

Hearts and Bones is a book about relationships. It explores what love does to us, and how we survive it. A young woman learns to wield her power, leaving casualties in her wake, while a man from a small town finds solace in a strange new hobby. A watchful child feels a breaking point approach as her mother struggles to...

In these eleven stories, friendships strain, families break apart, love fades, love warps, and love endures. Moving between Ireland, London, and the South of France, from the turn of the century to the present day, Niamh Mulvey asks in Hearts and Bones who we are now that we've brought the old gods down. Each of the stories is pulsing with...

Extraordinary. I loved it - Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist Engrossing and moving . . . gives voice to so much that's unspoken about Ireland - Emma Donoghue, author of Room Wonderfully compelling . . . haunting - Joseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea Delving into the lives of three generations of women, The Amendments by Niamh...