Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

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Politics and faith collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles.

Louise Kennedy's tender and shocking love story set on the outskirts of 1970s Belfast. Today: when Cushla meets Michael, older, married and Protestant, everything changes.

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

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

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