Catherine Airey

Je konec září roku 2001 a New York je polepený fotografiemi pohřešovaných po útocích na Světové obchodní centrum. Mezi nimi je i otec Cory Bradyové – plakátek, který sama vytvořila, rozvěsila po sloupech a mostech. Matka jí zemřela už dávno a osiřelá Cora se teď na prahu dospělosti cítí ztracená a osamělá. Zanedlouho však dostane dopis s nabídkou nového života: daleko, v drsném irském kraji, ve městě, kde vyrůstali její rodiče, jí teta může poskytnout domov a splnit dávno zapomenutý slib. Právě v Irsku se skrývá příběh její rodiny a ona jej postupně začne rozplétat… Ve Zpovědích, dechberoucím debutu nadané spisovatelky, sledujeme tři generace žen, jež každá ve své době zakouší neodolatelnou přitažlivost minulosti.

‘A remarkable debut’ Miranda Cowley Heller, bestselling author of THE PAPER PALACE''A cool, bold image of female pain and liberation'' GuardianIt is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of Cora''s family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspool…An essential, immersive debut from an astonishing new voice, Confessions traces the arc of three generations of women as they experience in their own time the irresistible gravity of the past: its love and tragedy, its mystery and redemption, and, in all things intended and accidental, the beauty and terrible shade of the things we do.''An irresistible read'' Yael van der Wouden, Booker-shortlisted author of THE SAFEKEEP''Propulsive and utterly captivating … Airey has shades of the American novelists Donna Tartt and Jeffrey Eugenides in her style'' Irish Times

It is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of Cora''s family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspool…An essential, immersive debut from an astonishing new voice, Confessions traces the arc of three generations of women as they experience in their own time the irresistible gravity of the past: its love and tragedy, its mystery and redemption, and, in all things intended and accidental, the beauty and terrible shade of the things we do.