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Nesting / Roisín O'Donnell.
"A devastating and suspenseful portrait of gaslighting and emotional abuse, and a triumphant story about family, love, and finding a new place to nest"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643755700 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 384 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2025.
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Manipulative behavior > Fiction. Married people > Fiction. Psychological abuse > Fiction. Resilience (Personality trait) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC ODonn | 31681010407344 | FICTION | Checked out | 06/26/2025 |
- Baker & Taylor
"A devastating and suspenseful portrait of gaslighting and emotional abuse, and a triumphant story about family, love, and finding a new place to nest"-- - Baker & Taylor
Ciara Fay escapes with her two young daughters from her controlling husband Ryan to stay in a hotel room for single mothers, but as Ryan wages a relentless campaign to get her back, she wavers?â?donât the girls need a stable home? - Grand Central Pub
An Instant Bestseller in Ireland and the UKÂ
In this beautiful, urgent, and ultimately uplifting novel by a rising Irish literary star comes a heart-pounding, life-affirming story about one woman trying to leave her marriage and start over.
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On a bright spring afternoon, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes off the clothesline, she straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away. Head spinning, all she knows for certain is that home is no longer safeâand that this time, when she leaves, she must stay away.
On the surface, she has a perfect life: her sometimes kind and attentive husband, Ryan, is a good provider from a nice family, and they have another baby on the way. But he also monitors Ciara's every move, flies into unpredictable rages where he convinces her she can do nothing right, and has isolated her from work, friends, and her beloved family.
Was fleeing the right thing to do? With no job and no support, Ciara struggles to provide a sense of normalcy for her little girls. Facing a broken housing system, they move into a hotel room on a floor reserved for women like her, eating takeout, washing their clothes in the bathroom sink, and building a community with the other residents. Ryan, meanwhile, wages a relentless campaign to win her back, and Ciara wavers. He never hit her, after all, and don't the girls need a stable home?
Suspenseful and all-consuming, RoisÃn O'Donnellâs extraordinary debut creates a devastating portrait of gaslighting and emotional abuse. Ultimately, Nesting is a triumphant story about self-determination, family, and resilience.
