One bright summer's morning in 2003 a young woman, Lucy, recently out of jail, sets out on a journey around Dublin, trying to make sense of her troubled life. She tells of the rise and fall, over three generations, of her family, whose businesses were clairvoyance and street-trading, and she recalls the twists and turns that led her into addiction, madness and jail. In particular, she relives her relationship with a charismatic and dangerous young gangster, Nayler, who still haunts her and to whom she addresses her story. Lucy's journey turns into a pilgrimage back to a haunted place and to the worst life of her night. But it may be a pilgrimage that saves her as she finally faces down the ghosts of her past.
- ISBN10 1844880818
- ISBN13 9781844880812
- Publish Date 7 September 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 January 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 672
- Language English