Claire Lynch

*Ganadora del Nero Book Awards Gold Prize a mejor libro del año 2025* «Humor socarrón, destreza narrativa y un amor incondicional por todos sus personajes, incluso los más difíciles de comprender. U

A mother following her heart, a father with the law on his side, a child caught in the middle an unputdownable debut about a family torn apart by secrets, prejudice and their own best intentions - for fans of Claire Keegan and Louise Kennedy**WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS GOLD PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025**Ill be thinking about it for ever Barbara KingsolverA gorgeously written storya must-read Jennie Godfrey'Both readable and intelligent...it offers hope and consolation... This novel will be read and thought about for years to come' Nick HornbyI was caught up from the first page and completely taken aback by this story. I loved it Clare ChambersA mother following her heart. A father with the law on his side. A child caught in the middle.1982 Dawn is a young wife and mother hemmed in by village life. Then Hazel appears like a torch in the dark. Their attraction is instant and suddenly Dawns world is more joyful, and more complicated, than she ever expected.2022 Maggie has always lived with an absence where her mother should be. Her father never speaks of her and it feels impossible to ask. Then an official letter arrives with news from the past, and Maggie must face a truth far bigger than just her familys secret.Powerful and beautifully written Lynch is a huge new talent in fiction' Good Housekeeping, Book of the Month'Explores love and loss, intimacy and justice, custody and careits brilliant, I couldnt put it down' Anita Rani, Woman's Hour'A beautiful and tender exploration of parental love, prejudice and the things we carry' Rachel JoyceA brilliant book Full of heart, sympathy and sadness Sara PascoeA triumph! Like the great Maggie OFarrell, Claire Lynch deals brilliantly with both big themes and small moments Elin Hilderbrand Smart and heartbreaking Guardian

«Aquest llibre canviarà la manera com veus el món.» Emilie Pine Lany 1982, la Dawn és una dona casada que sesforça per ajustar-se a una maternitat acabada destrenar. Un dia coneix la Hazel i lamor

*Ganadora del Nero Book Awards Gold Prize a mejor libro del año 2025*«Humor socarrón, destreza narrativa y un amor incondicional por todos sus personajes, incluso los más difíciles de comprender. Una

La Dawn és una dona que s’esforça per ajustar-se a una maternitat acabada d’estrenar. Un dia coneix la Hazel i l’amor irromp amb una força arrabassadora dins seu. Quan ho confessa al seu marit desenc

**WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS GOLD PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025**Ill be thinking about it for ever Barbara KingsolverA gorgeously written storya must-read Jennie GodfreyBoth readable and intelligent...it offers hope and consolation... This novel will be read and thought about for years to comeNick HornbyI was caught up from the first page and completely taken aback by this story. I loved it Clare ChambersA mother following her heart. A father with the law on his side. A child caught in the middle.1982 Dawn is a young wife and mother hemmed in by village life. Then Hazel appears like a torch in the dark. Their attraction is instant and suddenly Dawns world is more joyful, and more complicated, than she ever expected.2022 Maggie has always lived with an absence where her mother should be. Her father never speaks of her and it feels impossible to ask. Then an official letter arrives with news from the past, and Maggie must face a truth far bigger than just her familys secret.I was completely blown away by Claire Lynchs exquisite writing, her acute observations, and deep, undramatic understanding of the inner life of people Its one of those books that takes up residence inside of you and welds itself onto your soulNigella LawsonPowerful and beautifully written Lynch is a huge new talent in fictionGood Housekeeping, Book of the MonthExplores love and loss, intimacy and justice, custody and careits brilliant, I couldnt put it downAnitaRani,Womans HourA beautiful and tender exploration of parental love, prejudice and the things we carry Rachel JoyceA brilliant book Full of heart, sympathy and sadness Sara PascoeA triumph! Like the great Maggie OFarrell, Claire Lynch deals brilliantly with both big themes and small moments Elin Hilderbrand Smart and heartbreaking Guardian***READERS ARE IN LOVE WITH A FAMILY MATTER***I would rate this 10 stars if I couldUtterly brilliant, I was captivated from page oneThis book had my whole heart and moreA beautiful, heartbreaking, important bookI cant get the story out of my headIt totally broke my heartIll be thinking of these characters for a long time to come

"Ive read a beautiful perfect book. If you are straight or gay, read it."PHILIPPA PERRY"Original, important, moving, witty and exquisitely-written. WHAT a feat." - BERNARDINE EVARISTO"Incredible... beautiful and funny and humane." - EMILIE PINE"Pristine poetry and prose."KATHERINE MAY, AUTHOR OF WINTERING"Babies who are this small, he says, have a good chance of survival. Small is not good for babies. It is not whimsical or cute or the cause of admiration. It is the first time it occurs to us that they might not survive. Babies die from smallness."Claire Lynch knew that having children with her wife would be complicated but she could never have anticipated the extent to which her life would be redrawn by the process. This dazzling debut begins with the smallest of lifes substances, the microscopic cells subdividing in a petri dish in a fertility treatment centre. She moves through her story in incremental yet ever growing steps, from the fingernail-sized pregnancy test result screen which bears two affirmative lines to the premature arrival of her children who have to wear scale-model oxygen masks in their life-saving incubators. Devastatingly poignant and profoundly observant - and funny against the odds - Claire considers whether it is our smallness that makes our lives so big.

*Ganadora del Nero Book Award en la categoría de mejor debut*Dawn es una joven esposa y madre que siente que su vida se le escapa lentamente. Todo cambia cuando conoce a Hazel, su nueva vecina: entre ellas surge una conexion inmediata, tan luminosa como prohibida. Pero en una epoca que no perdona a las mujeres que se salen del guion socialmente aceptado, la felicidad tiene un precio.Cuarenta años despues, Maggie, madre de dos hijos, atraviesa una crisis personal. Cuando su padre, Heron, recibe un diagnostico terminal, el pasado irrumpe con fuerza: las verdades que le contaron sobre su madre su silencio, su supuesto abandono empiezan a desmoronarse.Un asunto de familia, el aclamado debut de Claire Lynch, entrelaza dos epocas y dos generaciones para explorar el peso de las decisiones, la complejidad de los afectos y las cicatrices del estigma. Con una prosa delicada y valiente, Lynch denuncia el desamparo de las lesbianas en los años ochenta y celebra, al mismo tiempo, la fuerza del perdon, la resistencia del amor y los lazos que perduran incluso despues del dolor.La critica ha dicho:Un asunto de familia es una novela incomoda que da voz a quienes sufrieron sin hacer ruido: los que se retiraron del camino, los que se adaptaron, los que no elevaron la voz y aquellos que se sintieron prisioneros de una epoca. No se trata solo de una sociedad que sigue rehabilitandose de aquellos prejuicios, sino de la injusticia de tener que elegir. Porque una vez que has elegido, esa eleccion te perseguira. Una novela necesaria.ZendaLo mejor de Un asunto de familia es el tangible esfuerzo de contencion de la autora [...]. El relato esta plagado de silencios y nunca cae en la tentacion de rellenar los vacios con una exageracion de los efectos de los hechos en las emociones de los personajes. [...] La sensibilidad muy bien medida de esta relacion de dos [padre e hija] es el nucleo real de la novela, y la hace pasar de una historia concreta e inhabitual a un relato de asuntos de familia universales.BabeliaEmpatica y dolorosa, la novela es mucho mas que la diseccion de una relacion peculiar padre-hija.El Mundo Hay novelas que una lee y piensa: ¡Que historia tan dura! Y hay otras menos comunes, quiza que te obligan a preguntarte: ¿Yo que habria hecho? Un asunto de familia [...] pertenece a esa segunda categoria [...]. Lo que Claire Lynch hace no es reconstruir un drama privado, sino algo mas incomodo: mostrarnos como una epoca, una ley y una idea de normalidad pueden decidir que vidas caben dentro de la palabra familia y cuales no.MaMagazineEl debut de Claire Lynch arde como una bengala: fugaz y fascinante.New York TimesMe quede boquiabierto a las pocas paginas de lectura de esta novela, una opera prima de ficcion profundamente conmovedora y bellamente escrita. Merece ser, y estoy seguro de que lo sera, uno de los grandes titulos revelacion de 2025.BooksellerCada pagina canta con empatia y amor, dolor y honestidad. Este libro te hara ver el mundo de otra manera.Emilie PineUna novela maravillosa: profundamente triste, pero tambien absolutamente apasionante. Consigue ser condenatoria con una cultura y un sistema, a la vez que compasiva con los seres humanos atrapados en su telaraña.Mark Haddon

WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION AWARD 2025**No one need know about her mother's deviationA mother following her heartA father with the law on his sideA child caught in the middle'I'll be thinking about it forever' Barbara Kingsolver'Powerful ...smart and often heartbreaking' GuardianA brilliant book Full of heart, sympathy and sadness Sara Pascoe'I was caught up from the first page' Clare Chambers'I am in awe... a must read' Jennie GodfreyBeautifully written Good Housekeeping, Book of the Month1982 Dawn is a young wife and mother hemmed in by village life. Then Hazel appears like a torch in the dark. Their attraction is instant and suddenly Dawns world is more joyful, and more complicated, than she ever expected.2022 Maggie has always lived with an absence where her mother should be. Her father never speaks of her and it feels impossible to ask. Then an official letter arrives with news from the past, and Maggie must face a truth far bigger than just her familys secret.