Strange Flowers

In Donal Ryan's acclaimed novel, which has been honored as the AN POST Irish Book Award Novel of the Year and longlisted for the Dublin Literary Awards, the Gladney family navigates the complex themes of loss, love, and the search for home across three generations. The story begins in 1973 when twenty-year-old Moll Gladney mysteriously disappears from her rural Irish home, leaving her parents, Paddy and Kit, to grapple with the anguish of her absence. Five years later, her unexpected return from London brings profound changes that will alter the family's dynamics forever, showcasing Ryan's masterful prose and deep emotional resonance.