<p>A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland¿s Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner.<br><br>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 own children ¿ forces them to confront the weight of family ties and the road that brought them home.<br><br>See also: <i>Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha</i> by Roddy Doyle<br><br><b>Shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Novel Award</b><br><b>Longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize</b><br><br><b>**ONE OF THE <i>GUARDIAN</i>''S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**</b></p>