Trespasses (novel)

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Trespasses is a 2022 debut novel by Louise Kennedy. It tells the story of a young woman named Cushla Lavery. She works as a Catholic School teacher in a small garrison town just outside Belfast in Northern Ireland. We follow her through her daily life and watch her get caught between the expectation of allegiance to her community and her dangerous passion for a man from another. Trespasses was shortlisted for the 2022 inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction.

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