Ripe for change as older narrator yearns for belonging

Sarah Moss’s sensual and absorbing ode to the Burren is also a vibrant portrait of life and loss

Author and academic Sarah Moss has written 10 novels and two memoirs. Born in Scotland, she grew up in England, but now lives in Dublin.

Back in 2020, anxious to escape from post-Brexit Britain, Sarah Moss left Coventry, where she was teaching, and brought her family to live in Dún Laoghaire.

The novelist had accepted a post to teach creative writing at University College Dublin, and, despite the lingering covid restrictions, the family felt happy and settled at once.