Mulvey, Niamh: The Amendments

Tender and profoundly moving, The Amendments is at once the novel of a nation over four decades, a love story, and an intricate family drama that will break your heart. ‘An extraordinary achievement. The Amendments is about a lot of things - love, family, girlhood, growing up, sex, legacy, compassion - all blended into a moving plot‘ - Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist Nell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, parenthood is the start of a new life. For Nell, it‘s the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist‘s office. Because she can‘t go into this without facing the painful truth: that she has been a mother before. For Dolores, Nell‘s mother, the news also brings a reckoning: with the way her daughter‘s life unfolded fifteen years ago, with its inextricable ties to her own past, and with the tragedy that neither of them have spoken about since . . . ‘Engrossing and moving‘ - Emma Donoghue, author of Room ‘It cuts to the heart of what it means to be human‘ - Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory ‘As significant as it is enjoyable‘ - Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters ‘Wonderfully compelling‘ - Joseph O‘Connor, author of Star of the Sea Set in Ireland against the backdrop of a series of abortion referendums , The Amendments is the debut novel from Niamh Mulvey, author of Hearts and Bones , and was selected by the Irish Independent , the Irish Times , the Irish Journal and VIP as one of the most anticipated novels of the year.