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Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way
- Author
- Elaine Feeney
- Narrator
- Elaine Feeney
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 29 May 2025
- Run Time
- 8 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED NOVELS OF 2025 AS SELECTED BY THE OBSERVER, THE IRISH TIMES, JOURNAL.IE, RTE GUIDE AND SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND
The deeply moving story of the O’Connor family, its troubled past in the West of Ireland, and a love story of second chances from the Booker-longlisted author of How to Build a Boat'
Claire O’Connor’s life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved from London back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father. But glimpses of her old life are sure to follow when Tom unexpectedly moves nearby. As Claire is thrown into a love she thought she’d left behind, she questions if Tom has come for her or for himself.
Living in her childhood home brings its own challenges. While Claire tries to maintain a normal life – getting lost online, going to work and minding her own business – Tom’s return stirs up haunting memories trapped within the walls of the old family house.
Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way is a story of love and resilience, rich with history and drama, and the legacies of violence and redemption. As the secrets of the past are revealed, Claire must confront whether she can escape her history to make a future for herself.
Elaine Feeney is one of Irish literature's most gifted and persuasive storytellers' SINÉAD GLEESON
'An uncanny understanding of the workings of the human heart. I loved this book' LOUISE KENNEDY
'Full of humanity, a story for our times' MARY COSTELLO
© Elaine Feeney 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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One of Ireland’s shining literary stars...an energetic and vivid voice'
The Times
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Feeney’s astute lyricism makes for a marvellously engaging story
Mail on Sunday
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A haunting powerful page turner of a novel that will have you in its thrall from first to last page
Gabriel Byrne
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Elaine Feeney is one of my favourite Irish writers. She's so good on class and rural living and the silent burdens that women endure... There is a section here... that's some of the best writing I have ever read
Douglas Stuart
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One of Irish literature's most gifted and persuasive storytellers.
Sinéad Gleeson
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An uncanny understanding of the workings of the human heart. I loved this book.
Louise Kennedy
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This book touched my soul ... A perfect depiction of the complicated relationships we have with ourselves and our histories.
Katriona O'Sullivan
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Lulls the reader with its lyrical beauty, then slowly devastates with its raw passion and pain ... Shocking, intelligent and full of humanity, this is a story for our times.
Mary Costello
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A very strong novel and I was gripped by it throughout
RTE Radio
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Hugely powerful ...likely one of the most original you'll read this year
Daily Mail
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Details
- Author
- Elaine Feeney
- Narrator
- Elaine Feeney
- Duration
- 8 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 May 2025
- ISBN
- 9781529961249
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: politics / economics, Narrative theme: identity / belonging
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED NOVELS OF 2025 AS SELECTED BY THE OBSERVER, THE IRISH TIMES, JOURNAL.IE, RTE GUIDE AND SUNDAY TIMES IRELANDThe deeply moving story of the O’Connor family, its troubled past in the West of Ireland, and a love story of second chances from the Booker-longlisted author of How to Build a Boat'Claire O’Connor’s life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved from London back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father. But glimpses of her old life are sure to follow when Tom unexpectedly moves nearby. As Claire is thrown into a love she thought she’d left behind, she questions if Tom has come for her or for himself.Living in her childhood home brings its own challenges. While Claire tries to maintain a normal life – getting lost online, going to work and minding her own business – Tom’s return stirs up haunting memories trapped within the walls of the old family house.Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way is a story of love and resilience, rich with history and drama, and the legacies of violence and redemption. As the secrets of the past are revealed, Claire must confront whether she can escape her history to make a future for herself.Elaine Feeney is one of Irish literature's most gifted and persuasive storytellers' SINÉAD GLEESON'An uncanny understanding of the workings of the human heart. I loved this book' LOUISE KENNEDY'Full of humanity, a story for our times' MARY COSTELLO© Elaine Feeney 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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