We Play Here by Watson, Dawn history

We Play Here by Watson, Dawn historyAuthor: Watson, Dawn Ireland Published on 3 August 2023 by Granta Publications Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback 112 pages 197 x 130 x 10 144g We Play Here is a collection of four poem stories, taking place in an underdeveloped area of Protestant North Belfast in the summer of 1988, against a background of political turbulence during the Troubles. Written from the perspectives of four female friends in the months between finishing primary school

a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow’s housing estates

Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane's disappearance

Ola made her name breaking exactly this type of story

but it's also frightening

I found myself purring with pleasure

Published on 6 December 2022 by Soho Press in the United States

That they might be capable of making music in such a hostile landscape feels like a miracle

It can be burned in the garden

Marthe Gail believes she is God

‘Addictive… Grace Bernard is one of the most intriguing and bewitching protagonists I've read in years’ EMMA GANNON

Published on 24 September 2015 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom

an animal in a zoo: each one leads to mystery and self-discovery