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Snowflake

By: Louise Nealon
Narrated by: Louisa Harland
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WINNER OF SUNDAY INDEPENDENT NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2021, AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS

Eighteen-year-old Debbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother, Maeve, and her uncle, Billy. Billy sleeps out in a caravan in the garden with a bottle of whiskey and the stars overhead for company. Maeve spends her days recording her dreams, which she believes to be prophecies.

This world is Debbie's normal, but she is about to step into life as a student at Trinity College in Dublin. As she navigates between sophisticated new friends and the family bubble, things begin to unravel. Maeve's eccentricity tilts into something darker, while Billy's drinking gets worse. Debbie struggles to cope with the weirdest, most difficult parts of herself, her family and her small life. But the fierce love of the White family is never in doubt, and Debbie discovers that even the oddest of families are places of safety.

A startling, honest, laugh and cry novel about growing up and leaving home, only to find that you've taken it with you, Snowflake is a novel for a generation, and for everyone who's taken those first, terrifying steps towards adulthood.

©2020 Louise Nealon (P)2020 Bonnier Books UK Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Funny Heartfelt Tear-jerking Witty Feel-Good

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Critic reviews

"A beautiful novel; tender, laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving." (Louise O'Neill)

"Mad and wonderful." (Roddy Doyle)

"Astonishing. Louise Nealon is a ridiculously talented writer." (Stacey Halls)
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it was great to escape, reflect on and be immersed in the lives of Debbie, "Santy", Maebh and Billy.

Great audiobook, excellent narration.

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beautifully narrated, compelling, I couldn't put it down, at all times I was fully immersed in the story

compelling

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The best book I've listened to this year very real story just not talked about that much a must read

Brilliant

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The balance was just right here. A beautiful way to finish a gentle telling of storing about coping with the past, and new scary present.

Beautifully written

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Loved the first two-thirds of this debut. Perhaps it's just me, but I felt the pace rocketed towards the end, and I felt like I was reading a different book for the last third. That said, very enjoyable and look forward to the next book from the author.

Not perfect, but great

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Just so lovely and original and relatable, especially if you're Irish. A stunning debut. Also, I'm a big fan of Irish actors voicing Irish roles. Love that the text hasn't been Americanised either.

Devoured it

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An amazing book but the performance is incredibly powerful. I can’t recommend this book highly enough, a very moving piece. It has spoken to me on so many levels.

An amazing performance by Louisa Harland

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so good..emotional.
very real..just loved it..true to life.deals so well with mental health issues

addictive.

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Beautifully written. Fabulous use of words. This was a joy from start to finish. The best book I’ve listened to for a long time.

Absolute joy

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For some reason I didn’t think I was going to like this book, but to my happy surprise I loved it. Funny, well crafted, heart rending and handling mental illness full on without sentimentality, it was refreshing and beautifullly, masterfully read by Louisa Harland. Excellent

Excellent

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