Checkout 19

A New York Times 10 Best Books of 2022 Selection

Extraordinary . . . radiantSunday Times
An existential tour-de-force Eimear McBride
Elatingly riskyGuardian

We read in order to come to life.

With fierce imagination, a woman revisits the moments that shape her life; from crushes on teachers to navigating relationships in a fast-paced world; from overhearing her grandmothers peculiar stories to nurturing her own personal freedom and a boundless love of literature.

Fusing fantasy with lived experience, Checkout 19 is a vivid and mesmerising journey through the small traumas and triumphs that define us - as readers, as writers, as human beings.

* A Books of 2021 pick in the Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Irish Times Culture and New Statesman *

This is her new book to shake the world anew Sebastian Barry

Mesmerising, whip-smart, full of genius . . . It is also very funny Elaine Feeney

Her voice is all her own Anne Enright