NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVELA brilliant, riveting, and harrowing debut novel about a young who is brutally assaulted, and who must then piece her life back together while her attacker faces a justice system that seems stacked against the victim.Vivian is a cosmopolitan TaiwaneseAmerican tourist who often escapes her busy life in London through adventure and travel. Johnny is a 15yearold Irish teenager, living a neglected life on the margins of society. He has grown up in a family where crime is customary, violence is a necessity, and everything and anyone can be yours for the taking.As Vivian looks to find her calling professionally, she delights in exploring foreign countries, rolling hillsides, and new cultures. And as a young, single woman, she has grown used to experiencing life on her own. But all of that changes when, on one bright spring afternoon in West Belfast, Vivians path collides with Johnny and culminates in a horrifying act of violence.In the aftermath of the incident, both Johnny and Vivian are forced to confront the chain of events that led to the attack. Vivian must struggle to recapture the woman that she was and the woman she aspired to be, while dealing with a culture and judicial system that treats assault victims as less than human. Johnny, meanwhile, flees to the sanctity of his transitory Irish clan. But when he is finally brought to reckon for his crimes, Vivian learns that justice is not always as swift or as fair as she...

Binding: Paperback;400 pages; Publisher: Watkins Media Limited; Classification: FF; Weight: 502 g; Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 35

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