The Wren, The Wren

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A contemporary novel of daughterhood and motherhood, from the Booker Prize-winning Irish author

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024**

Carmel had been alone all her life. The baby knew this. They looked at each other, and all of time was there. The baby knew how vast her mother's loneliness had been.

'A magnificent novel' SALLY ROONEY

Nell is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world, she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother, Carmel, Nell's leaving home opens a space in her heart, where the turmoil of a lifetime begins to churn. Over them both falls the long shadow of Carmel's famous father, an Irish poet of beautiful words and brutal actions.

From our greatest chronicler of family life, The Wren, The Wren is a story of the love that can unite us, and the individual acts that threaten this vital bond.

'A triumph...treasure it' SUNDAY TIMES

'One of the great living writers on the subject of family' NEW YORK TIMES

'A must-read' MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)

'Might just be Anne Enright's best yet' LOUISE KENNEDY

*A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, GUARDIAN, TLS, HARPER'S BAZAAR, NEW STATESMAN, THE NEW YORKER, TIME AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR*

*WINNER OF THE WRITER'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024*

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781787334618
Published: August 2023

Number of pages: 288
Width: 135 mm
Height: 216 mm
Depth: 21 mm

Publisher: Vintage Publishing