One For Sorrow

Amanda Gilsenan's debut novel is a moving saga through the eyes of a girl coming-of-age in 1980s/'90s Ireland. Young Jane must navigate living with an alcoholic mother and all the challenges that come with it. Help comes in the form of her over-protective brother, his girlfriend, a neighbor-turned-mentor, and the people she meets who can't help but see the good in her. At times both heart-breaking and heart-warming, Jane's story is one of perseverance, kindness, and unfaltering optimism even through sadness and tragedy.