02164cam a2200301 4500 1063499185 TxAuBib 20231206120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593789070 0593789075 a825105d-7866-4139-bc12-569f4b998e91 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9768791 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kennedy, Louise. The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac [Libby] : Stories. Books on Tape, 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 208MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 208MB. Fiction. Literature. Short Stories. HTML:<b>Brilliant, dark stories of women’s lives by “a very major talent” (Joseph O</b>’Connor, <i>Irish Times</i>)<br /> In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed <i>Trespasses</i>, women’s lives are etched by poverty—material, emotional, sexual—but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards they’ve been dealt.<br /> A wife is abandoned by her new husband in a derelict housing estate, with blood on her hands. An expectant mother’s worst fears about her husband’s entanglement with a teenage girl are confirmed. A sister is tormented by visions of the man her brother murdered during the Troubles. A woman struggles to forgive herself after an abortion threatens to destroy her marriage. Plumbing the depths of intimacy, violence, and redemption, these stories are “dazzling, heartbreaking . . . keen to share the lessons of a lifetime” (<i>Guardian</i>). Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-12-05 20:00:02. Brennan, Brid. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a825105d-7866-4139-bc12-569f4b998e91&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a825105d-7866-4139-bc12-569f4b998e91&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)