Louise Kennedy

Mar 8, 2024 | aarp.org | Sebastian Barry |Louise Kennedy |John Boyne

Named a best book of 2023 by NPR, The New Yorker and The Washington Post, Barry’s ninth novel focuses on Tom Kettle, a 66-year-old recently retired police officer. Kettle has settled in a cottage near the Irish Sea, seeking only to be “stationary, happy and useless.” But his solitude is disturbed by two former colleagues with unsettling questions about a long-ago case that dredge up dark memories.

Dec 5, 2023 | compactmag.com | Louise Kennedy

The End of the World Is a Cul de SacBy Louise Kennedy Riverhead, 304 pages, $27The oddly titled The End of the World Is A Cul de Sac, a debut collection of short stories by the Irish writer Louise Kennedy, is a contemporary publishing unicorn: a work of extraordinary craftsmanship, written by someone who knows something about life. Kennedy, who is 56, published her first novel, Trespasses, in 2022. Before that, she worked in the restaurant industry for 30 years.

Nov 28, 2023 | startribune.com | Louise Kennedy

While some entertainment these days feels like little more than a merciless series of traumas, Louise Kennedy's approach to the roots of suffering offers a refreshing change. The protagonists in her lived-in collection "The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac" are all distressed but, with few exceptions, nothing terribly exceptional has befallen them. That's not to discount the genuine pain or the (sometimes aggressive) forces arrayed against these women and girls.

Oct 2, 2023 | barnesandnoble.com | Brittany Bunzey |Lore Segal |Louise Kennedy |Kate Atkinson

It’s all too easy to pass the time by scrolling on your phone, but what if, instead of passing the time swiping, you could start and finish a story (or even multiple)? Connect with any of these short story collections from acclaimed authors like Lore Segal, Emma Cline and Bryan Washington for a quick and satisfying literary lunch. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart.

Aug 11, 2023 | mimimontgomery.substack.com | Louise Kennedy |Mimi Montgomery

This was going to be just a standard monthly reading round-up, but then I sat down and started to write about Taylor Swift. If you follow me on Instagram, apologies because I know I was really obnoxious last weekend. But I went to see Taylor Swift! In LA! And it was pretty fucking epic. (Minus the fact that I didn’t see any celebs at the show, despite the LA shows being packed with famous people.