Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 25/09/2024,
Pagination: 256 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Verve Books,
Published By: Verve Books,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 17
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9780857308573
An unflinching and emotionally insightful debut about cultural identity, homesickness, love and loss.
In the five years following his brother's death, Aaron has built himself a life of solitary routines. After moving from Dublin to Boston, and illegally overstaying her visa, Róisín has done the same.
When the two meet on a night out, they each find in the other something missing in their lives. A semblance of home.
Their relationship is complicated by their disparate religious backgrounds - Aaron is Jewish; Roísín is atheist - and by the harsh realities of everyday life. Just as they're pushed to their breaking point, Roísín realises she is pregnant.
Placeholders is a poignant story of loneliness corrected and the transformative power of love.