The Amendments: A beautiful, moving story about womanhood every book club needs to read
Apr 2024 · Pan Macmillan
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Tender and profoundly moving, The Amendments is at once the novel of a nation over four decades, a queer love story, and an intricate family drama that will break your heart.
‘An extraordinary achievement. The Amendments is about a lot of things - love, family, girlhood, growing up, sex, legacy, compassion - all blended into a moving plot’ - Jessie Burton
Nell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, parenthood is the start of a new life. For Nell, it’s the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist’s office. Because she can’t go into this without facing the painful truth: that she has been a mother before.
For Dolores, Nell’s mother, the news also brings a reckoning: with the way her daughter’s life unfolded fifteen years ago, with its inextricable ties to her own past, and with the tragedy that neither of them have spoken about since . . .
'Engrossing and moving' - Emma Donoghue
'It cuts to the heart of what it means to be human’ - Elizabeth Macneal
‘As significant as it is enjoyable’ - Emma Stonex
'Wonderfully compelling' - Joseph O'Connor
Niamh Mulvey's debut novel, The Amendments, was selected by the Irish Independent, the Irish Times, the Irish Journal and VIP as one of the most anticipated novels of the year.
‘An extraordinary achievement. The Amendments is about a lot of things - love, family, girlhood, growing up, sex, legacy, compassion - all blended into a moving plot’ - Jessie Burton
Nell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, parenthood is the start of a new life. For Nell, it’s the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist’s office. Because she can’t go into this without facing the painful truth: that she has been a mother before.
For Dolores, Nell’s mother, the news also brings a reckoning: with the way her daughter’s life unfolded fifteen years ago, with its inextricable ties to her own past, and with the tragedy that neither of them have spoken about since . . .
'Engrossing and moving' - Emma Donoghue
'It cuts to the heart of what it means to be human’ - Elizabeth Macneal
‘As significant as it is enjoyable’ - Emma Stonex
'Wonderfully compelling' - Joseph O'Connor
Niamh Mulvey's debut novel, The Amendments, was selected by the Irish Independent, the Irish Times, the Irish Journal and VIP as one of the most anticipated novels of the year.
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About the author
Niamh Mulvey is the author of the short story collection, Hearts and Bones, which was shortlisted for the John McGahern Award. Her short fiction has been published in The Stinging Fly, Banshee, Southword and The Irish Times and has been shortlisted for the Seán O’Faoláin Prize. She lives in Kilkenny, Ireland. The Amendments is her first novel.
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