Stations

By Louise Kennedy

"A marvel."-People

"Blisteringly good... Her questions will burn themselves into your heart." -The Guardian

"I loved this book so much. Highly recommend." -Joumana Khatib, New York Times

"A propulsive, powerful novel about first love and regret." -Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko

"I gulped this down - convinced, fascinated, and moved by every page." -Emma Donoghue, author of Room

"Brilliant and heartbreaking ... one of the finest novels about unrequited love I've ever read." -Elin Hilderbrand, author of The Five Star Weekend

A woman is haunted by the unsettled boy who befriended her as an outcast teenager, long after he drifts out of reach

In 1980s Ireland, R is n and Red bond as only two precocious and disaffected teenagers can. Soon he is privy to the secret source of her shame and anger: the father who's abandoned her and her mother to their damp house and never-ending strife. But what does R is n know about why Red avoids going home to his own posh parents and house--the house he soon flees forever?

When a Christmas visit to her father reveals the devastating truth of his new life in London, R is n tracks down Red and moves into his Pimlico squat. But the path he is now on is a disturbing one, and gradually they drift apart. And yet the great, never-consummated passion of her youth remains a visitation upon the years that follow. Will R is n ever stop longing for Red? Will she ever learn to let someone else love her--or learn to love herself?

Stations is a gorgeous, wrenching novel about the terrible--and sometimes redemptive--power with which the past hovers over the present.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593714601
• ISBN13: 9780593714607
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"