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Marise was nine when she first realised there was trouble 14 when her Dad tried to end it all and 23 when he finally succeeded
In a turmoil of conflicting emotions Marise runs from Dublin to Amsterdam to Los Angeles leaving a trail of sex and selfdestruction in her wake Until finally she finds herself facing what shes become in a California psych ward a girl imploding through trying to make sense of her fathers suicide
As she retells her unravelling from child to adult Marise strips back her identity and her relationship with her father layer by layer until she starts to understand how to live with him years after he has gone
Written beautifully with wit and unflinching honesty Marise has produced one of the most profound comingofage memoirs of recent years a stunning new voice in Irish writing
P Octopus Publishing Group 2022
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