Checkout 19

<p><b>A <i>New York Times</i> 10 Best Books of 2022 Selection <br><br>'Extraordinary . . . radiant' <i>Sunday Times</i><br>'An existential tour-de-force' Eimear McBride<br>'Elatingly risky' <i>Guardian </i><br><br><i>'We read in order to come to life.'</i></b><br><br>With fierce imagination a woman revisits the moments that shape her life; from crushes on teachers to navigating relationships in a fast-paced world; from overhearing her grandmothers' peculiar stories to nurturing her own personal freedom and a boundless love of literature.<br><br>Fusing fantasy with lived experience <i>Checkout 19 </i>is a vivid and mesmerising journey through the small traumas and triumphs that define us - as readers as writers as human beings.<br><br><b>* A 'Books of 2021' pick in the <i>Guardian</i> <i>Daily Mail</i> <i>Daily Telegraph</i> <i>Irish Times Culture</i> and <i>New Statesman</i> *</b><br><br><b>'This is her new book to shake the world anew' Sebastian Barry</b><br><br><b>'Mesmerising whip-smart full of genius . . . It is also very funny' Elaine Feeney</b><br><br><b>'Her voice is all her own' Anne Enright</b></p>