Stations

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The End of World is a Cul de Sac
Trespasses
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  • ISBN 9781526664327
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Sep 2026
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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** PRE-ORDER NOW – FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF TRESPASSES **

'I gulped this down - convinced, fascinated and moved by every page' EMMA DONOGHUE
'A moving and immersive novel about first love, addiction and regret' MIN JIN LEE
'Louise Kennedy can make your heart ache like few others' LUCY CALDWELL

Róisín and Red meet as teenagers in their small Irish hometown in 1982. Brilliant, sharp-tongued and born to slip through the cracks, Red’s reputation for trouble precedes him – but Róisín finds herself swept up in his storm, and soon their connection deepens.

When a brush with the law pushes Red into a corner, he escapes their town to start a new life in England. As the years pass, they remain tethered to one another, a fragile thread holding their once fierce friendship together. When Róisín arrives in London, the promise of freedom, of reinvention, and of finding her dear friend calls.

But searching for Red leads Róisín to a truth darker than she could have imagined: when you go looking for someone you may uncover parts of yourself along the way that you’d rather stayed buried. And Red – bright, beautiful Red – might not want to be found at all.

Stations is a devastating story of love and friendship, and a tender portrait of the choices we blithely make when we are young, unaware that the consequences will reverberate throughout our lives.

Louise Kennedy grew up a few miles from Belfast. She is the author of the Women's Prize shortlisted novel, Trespasses, and the acclaimed short story collection, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac, and is the only woman to have been shortlisted twice for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award (2019 and 2020). Before starting her writing career, she spent nearly thirty years working as a chef. She lives in Sligo.

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