The Green Road

Anne Enright author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:7th Jan '16

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A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland's Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner. Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel Award Longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize

Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell. As the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from Rosaleen - a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her children - forces them to confront the weight of family ties and their home.

Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016
Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel Award
Longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize
Winner of the Irish Novel of the Year 2015


Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell. As the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from Rosaleen - a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her children - forces them to confront the weight of family ties and the road that brought them home.

**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

Moving read * Western Morning News *
The Green Road takes a familiar story, the troubled family reunion, and makes it feel fresh and new... wise, funny, moving.' * Observer *
Old tensions simmer to a boil in this witty, poetic contender for 2015’s Costa Novel of The Year. * Daily Mail *
[It] is engaging, perceptive and often very funny. * Tablet *

  • Winner of Bord G is Energy Irish Book Awards - Eason Novel of the Year 2015 (UK)
  • Winner of Kerry Group Novel of the Year 2016 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Costa Novel Award 2016 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction 2016 (UK)
  • Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2017 (UK)

ISBN: 9780099539797

Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 21mm

Weight: 229g

320 pages