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- ISBN 9780857308573
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 26 Sep 2024
- Publisher: Verve Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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.
James Roseman is an American writer based in Dublin, Ireland. He received his MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from the Bennington Writing Seminars, where he received an Alumni Fellowship in January 2025. He is the recipient of an Agility Award from the Arts Council of Ireland and was shortlisted for the 2023 Bridport Short Story Prize. His debut novel, Placeholders, was published by VERVE Books in 2024. It was selected as a GQ 'Best Book of the Year' and shortlisted for the First Novel Award.
