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The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine
Wendy Erskine's first novel is a sharp, perceptive and deeply accomplished exploration of privilege, power and family life in contemporary Belfast. The Benefactors begins with a violent incident involving a group of teenagers, but what follows is far more than a story about a single event. Instead, Erskine examines the ripple effects across two interconnected families, exposing tensions, loyalties and uncomfortable truths.
Drawing on the keen observational skills that made her short fiction so acclaimed, Erskine creates characters who feel entirely…
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The Merge by Grace Walker
If technology offered you one last chance to hold on to someone you love, would you take it?
In Grace Walker's unsettling debut, a pioneering scientific procedure promises to defeat loss itself. By merging two consciousnesses into a single body, families facing terminal illness, dementia and grief are offered what seems like a miracle. For Amelia, whose mother is disappearing into Alzheimer's, the decision feels obvious. But as she joins others who have volunteered for the programme, troubling questions begin to…
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