Author interview: A novel about the women who leave — and the ones who stay

To write her book, Airey herself had to do some leaving of her own — moving from London back to her ancestral home in West Cork

When it came to writing her debut novel ‘Confessions’, author Catherine Airey moved from London back to her ancestral home in West Cork where she had holidayed as a child. It was a reversal of the journey previously made by her grandmother, Margaret O’Donovan.

• Confessions
• Catherine Airey
• Viking, €15.99