snowflake

Winner of the Sunday Independent Best Newcomer Award 2021 and the Irish Post Book Awards

"Wonderful and Crazy" Roddy Doyle
"Sparkling with delicate charm and wit... fresh and darkly funny" Sunday Times
"Tender, funny and deeply moving" Louise O'Neill
"Ghazi, beautiful, honest, and moving." Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups
"A novel for anyone who has ever felt lost in the world." John Boyne, author of The Heart's Invisible Furies
"Sharp, intelligent and moving" The Independent
"Beautifully written... emotionally intelligent and thought-provoking." Daily Mail
"Amazing" Stacey Halls, author of "The Familiar"

Debbie's mind isn't perfect. Debbie's thoughts aren't unique. Debbie's dreams are all too real.

Debbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother, Maeve, and her uncle, Billy. Billy sleeps in a caravan in the garden with a bottle of whiskey and the stars in the sky for company. Maeve spends her days recording her dreams, which she believes are prophecies.

This world is Debbie's normal, but she's about to enter life as a student at Trinity College Dublin. As she navigates the genteel new friends and family environment, things start to unravel. Maeve's eccentricities veer into something darker, while Billy's drinking worsens. Debbie struggles to cope with the weirdest and most difficult aspects of her young life. But even if the white people are angry, they are also fiercely loving and a safe haven for each other. "Snowflake" is a stunning, refreshing, and unique story about troubled families, even messier friendships, and how new chapters often mean going back to the beginning.