Show Me Where it Hurts

The Instant Irish Bestseller

'You will be gripped from page 1'
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'I almost never write reviews but felt compelled to with this moving and captivating book'
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'This book will stay with me for a very long time'
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'Beautiful - just beautiful'
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How do you survive the unsurvivable?

Rachel lives with her husband Tom and their two children: it's the ordinary family life she always thought she'd have. All of that changes in an instant - when Tom runs the family car off the road, seeking to end his own life, and take his wife and children with him. Rachel is left to pore over the wreckage to try and understand what happened - to find a way to go on living afterwards.

What emerges is a snapshot of what it's like to live alongside someone who is suffering, how you keep yourself afloat when the person you love is drowning, and how you survive irreparable loss.

Impossible to turn away from, Show Me Where It Hurts is a compelling, heartbreaking and ultimately life-affirming story of recovery and unexpected hope.

'Outstanding, and has lingered in my head for a very long time'
Prima

'A searingly beautiful novel'
Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things


Genre: Literary Fiction

"This story of a woman's survival after the worst has happened, makes for a searingly beautiful novel. Stunningly crafted, with complex and shocking themes that are never shied away from, I found myself profoundly moved while frequently thinking about the characters when not reading it. This is a novel that lingers." - Jennie Godfrey

"With gentle and lulling prose, Show Me Where It Hurts is exceptional in its exploration of the grief and recovery from something unthinkable. This is simply an exquisite novel." - Anne Griffin

"Exceptional. Also brave. One of those novels that, afterwards, makes me think not just about the story itself, but also about why we read, and the role of fiction." - Florence Knapp

"This thoughtful and imaginative debut glows with emotional insight and heft. It tackles a difficult and rarely discussed subject in an engaging, clear-slighted and highly readable way." - Henrietta McKervey