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The Hunger Saint

By Laura Carpenter

The Hunger Saint

By Laura Carpenter

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A stubborn coastal town, a ledger of old debts, and a woman determined to make repair-The Hunger Saint is a quiet, propulsive novel about care and the cost of keeping it. When the harbour coughs up trouble, neighbours talk in the way they always have-roundabout, fiercely observant, mostly kind. But kindness has a price. In kitchens that smell of toast and salt, choices are counted out like coins: who owes what, who sets a boundary, who learns to say no without apology. The book walks steadily through workdays, vigils, and small mercies to follow a community learning to name harm and attempt repair. With lyrical precision and Irish/UK texture, Laura Carpenter writes a story of ordinary bravery-how love shows up in chores, how a town remembers, and how a life is re-made not by speeches but by decent tasks done in the right order. For readers of Claire Keegan and Donal Ryan, this is an intimate novel of moral weather: restless, salt-bright, and finally generous.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
322
Release Date:
2025-10-24
Publication Date:
2025-10-24
Publisher:
Laura Carpenter
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798232772864
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
525 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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