The Blamed

By Emily Hourican

'Insightful and astute writing ... Emily Hourican has a wonderful understanding of human nature' Louise O'Neill

'Anna does bad things, sometimes, but she always says she's sorry.'

It was the best summer of Anna's life. The summer she fell in love. The summer she found out who she was, and felt for the first time that she could have everything she ever wanted.

But she was wrong -- and has been keeping a painful secret ever since.

Now, fifteen years later, Anna is struggling to get through to her troubled daughter -- named Jessie in memory of Anna's best friend. While once they were close, now Jessie keeps her mother at a distance, her every word and action a mystery. Though, sometimes, Anna wonders if Jessie can see right through her.

And when her daughter starts to ask questions about the past, and her namesake, Anna realises that the truth is threatening to escape and tip the delicate balance of their lives forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473681111
• ISBN13: 9781473681118
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Hachette Ireland
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 4.85 lbs.