About to Fall Apart 9780571392681 Hardback

‘Poignant and tender.’ FERDIA LENNON’A dynamic voice.’ IRENOSEN OKOJIE’Lushly written and formally audacious.’ NICOLAS PADAMSEEThis is the story of one man’s weekend, a weekend in which everything could changeThese lines could change everything /He sips more of his tinny /Imagines a new lifeAidy’s just punched a co-worker, but he hasn’t got time to deal with the fallout. With a deadline fast looming he must get home, knuckle down and finish the story he’s been working on, a story he hasn’t been able to stop thinking about. It’s the story of a falling plane and of a grieving mother.Set across one weekend,About to Fall Apartis the exhilarating story of a man of mixed heritage – living on the Irish border – as he tries to stay positive, reconnect with his children and maybe, even, find his own birth mother.