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Politics and religion collide in Louise Kennedy's tender and shocking love story, set on the outskirts of 1970s Belfast.

Cushla Lavery is a teacher at a Catholic primary school (where booby trap, gelignite and rubber bullets are all part of a seven-year-old's vocabulary), and helps out at the family bar by night. When barrister Michael Agnew, older, married and Protestant, walks into the pub on a quiet February night, their lives will be changed forever. This is no ordinary love story. In a country divided by the Troubles, tensions are rising and simple acts of kindness have deep consequences for Cushla and her family.

Writer: Louise Kennedy is an acclaimed short story writer. She worked for three decades as a chef before turning to writing. This is her debut novel.
Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett