By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr

By the Bog of Cats by Marina CarrSet in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Carr's lyrical and timeless play tells the story of Hester Swane, an Irish traveller with a deep and unearthly connection to her land. Tormented by the memory of a mother who deserted her, Hester is once again betrayed, this time by the father of her child, the man she loves. On the brink of despair, she embarks on a terrible journey of vengeance as the secrets of her tangled history are

but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel

'Satisfyingly dark

Katharine Norbury has sifted through the pages of women's fiction

even death

All That Is Given brings back into print her incendiary essays

event occurs

Icelandic author and activist Andri Snaer Magnason's 'Letter to the Future'

very sexy and seriously frightening' GUARDIAN

vibrant flowers and ripe fruit and vegetables burst to life around her

but when local teenager Ann-Marie goes missing it's no longer clear who she can trust

retired FBI agent Vincent Pankoke and a team of indefatigable investigators pored over tens of thousands of pages of documents - some never before seen - and interviewed scores of descendants of people familiar with the Franks

' Claire Tomalin