Strange Flowers

In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home in Ireland and disappears. Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never their daughter again.

Five years later, Moll returns from London. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life and their small town forever. Beautiful and devastating, and populated with emotionally rich and deeply empathetic characters, this exploration of loss, alienation, and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented writers at work today.