Our London Lives

[This] irresistible new book has [...] heart and range...reminiscent of Claire Keegan or Douglas Stuart, filled with a warmth that sweetens the pain -- John Self * The Times * [An] epic portrait of two complicated people...a masterful work full of skilful nuance and profound truth * Irish Times * Captures brilliantly the creeping impact of gentrification and the experience of those who fall through the cracks during society's so-called progress...there are plenty of tender moments and a whole cast of characters for whom we care deeply, offering an affecting portrait of the Irish diaspora experience -- Ruth Gilligan * Guardian * Remarkable...moving, profound and honest. There are many excellent Irish-in-London novels, yet for me, Milly and Pip's story stood out as unique and special * Irish Independent * Epic yet intimate...a novel full of heart and humanity * The Skinny * An impeccable character study that lays bare the true nature of love and connection in a landscape haunted with old ghosts * Belfast Telegraph * [An] emotionally engaging story of two people bound by unspoken trauma and of a city in a state of flux * Observer * Our London Lives is huge of heart and soaring of soul -- Claire Kilroy, author of SOLDIER SAILOR Our London Lives is a profound love story that doesn't shirk from the fact that all love stories contain just as much darkness as they do light. Like Barbara Kingsolver, Hickey captures the pulse of the living moment. A superb book by one of Ireland's finest and most honest writers -- Colum McCann Told with a wise and benevolent heart, this is a London novel that captures the living moment of the city across decades. Christine Dwyer Hickey is a national treasure -- Paul Lynch, Booker Prize-winning author of PROPHET SONG One of Ireland's most lauded modern writers * Daily Mail * A talented and original writer * Irish Independent * I loved this book. Christine Dwyer Hickey writes such beautifully poised prose. Flawed lives played out in a postcard perfect setting -- Graham Norton on THE NARROW LAND It is a long time since I have read such a fine novel or one that I have enjoyed quite so much * Irish Times on THE NARROW LAND * Christine Dwyer Hickey's breathtakingly beautiful novel The Narrow Land is about the marriage of Edward Hopper and his wife, Josephine, but builds into a meditation on all marriages and on creativity, in sentences that have the poise and beauty of a great picture. * The Times on THE NARROW LAND *