"An endearingly off-kilter coming-of-age story. . . . Debbie will win your heart." --People, "The Best New Books" One of Shondaland's 5 Best Books of September and Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of the Month An exquisitely talented young Irish writer makes her literary debut with this powerful and haunting novel--a tale of love and family, depression and joy, and coming of age in the twenty-first century. Eighteen-year-old Debbie was raised on her family's rural dairy farm, forty minutes and a world away from Dublin. She lives with her mother, Maeve, a skittish woman who takes to her bed for days on end, claims not to know who Debbie's father is, and believes her dreams are prophecies. Rounding out their small family is Maeve's brother Billy, who lives in a caravan behind their house, drinks too much, and likes to impersonate famous dead writers online. Though they may have their quirks, the Whites' fierce love for one another is never in doubt. But Debbie's life is changing. Earning a place at Trinity College Dublin, she commutes to her classes a few days a week. Outside the sheltered bubble of her childhood for the first time, Debbie finds herself both overwhelmed and disappointed by her fellow students and the pace and anonymity of city life. While the familiarity of the farm offers comfort, Debbie still finds herself pulling away from it. Yet just as she begins to ponder the possibilities the future holds, a resurgence of strange dreams raises her fears that she may share Maeve's fate. Then a tragic accident upends the family's equilibrium, and Debbie discovers her next steps may no longer be hers to choose. Gorgeous and beautifully wrought, Snowflake is an affecting coming-of-age story about a young woman learning to navigate a world that constantly challenges her sense of self.&nbsp;

Snowflake: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Nealon, Louise

Humor & Satire

Harper

Now in paperback, the "mad and wonderful” (Roddy Doyle) debut from "your next Irish literary obsession" (Shondaland): a novel about joy and despair, family and love, and coming of age in the 21st century. 
“Snowflake is a wonderfully inventive, deeply felt novel full of the best kinds of surprises.”—Margot Livesey 
An exquisitely talented young Irish writer makes her literary debut with this powerful and haunting novel. Eighteen-year-old Debbie was raised on her family’s rural dairy farm, forty minutes and a world away from Dublin. She lives with her mother, Maeve, a skittish woman who takes to her bed for days on end, claims not to know who Debbie’s father is, and believes her dreams are prophecies. Rounding out their small family is Maeve’s brother Billy, who lives in a caravan behind their house, drinks too much, and likes to impersonate famous dead writers online. Though they may have their quirks, the Whites’ fierce love for one another is never in doubt. 
But Debbie’s life is changing. Earning a place at Trinity College Dublin, she commutes to her classes a few days a week. Outside the sheltered bubble of her childhood for the first time, Debbie finds herself both overwhelmed and disappointed by her fellow students and the pace and anonymity of city life. While the familiarity of the farm offers comfort, Debbie still finds herself pulling away from it. Yet just as she begins to ponder the possibilities the future holds, a resurgence of strange dreams raises her fears that she may share Maeve’s fate. Then a tragic accident upends the family’s equilibrium, and Debbie discovers her next steps may no longer be hers to choose. 
Gorgeous and beautifully wrought, Snowflake is an affecting coming-of-age story about a young woman learning to navigate a world that constantly challenges her sense of self.

Dramas & Plays

Harper-perennial

'Wonderful and mad' Roddy Doyle 
'Sparks with tender charm and humour . . . Fresh, bleakly funny' Sunday Times 
'Tender, laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving' Louise O'Neill 
'GAS and beautiful and truthful and touching' Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups 
'A novel for anyone who's ever felt lost in the world' John Boyne, author of The Heart's Invisible Furies 
'Sharp, clever and affecting' The Independent 
'Beautifully written . . . emotionally intelligent and thought-provoking' Daily Mail 
'Astonishing' Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars\nDebbie's brain isn't perfect. Debbie's thoughts aren't unique. Debbie's dreams are all too real.\nDebbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother, Maeve, and her uncle, Billy. Billy sleeps out in a caravan in the garden with a bottle of whiskey and the stars overhead for company. Maeve spends her days recording her dreams, which she believes to be prophecies.\nThis world is Debbie's normal, but she is about to step into life as a student at Trinity College Dublin. As she navigates between sophisticated new friends and the family bubble, things begin to unravel. Maeve's eccentricity tilts into something darker, while Billy's drinking gets worse. Debbie struggles to cope with the weirdest, most difficult parts of herself and her small life. But if the Whites are mad, they are also fiercely loving, and each other's true place of safety.\nStartling, fresh and utterly unique, Snowflake is a story of messy families, messier friendships and how new chapters often mean starting right back at the beginning.\nA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME PICK

Snowflake: The No.1 bestseller and winner of Newcomer of the Year 2021

Contemporary

Manilla Press

Historia o mnie i o tobie. O emocjach każdego z nas. Snowflake to mocny i zapadający w pamięć debiut. Opowieść o rodzinie, miłości, depresji, radości i dorastaniu we współczesnym świecie.\nOsiemnastoletnia Debbie White mieszka na wsi pod Dublinem z matką Maeve, jej sporo młodszym partnerem i wujem Billym. Billy zajmuje stojącą w ogrodzie przyczepę kempingową, gdzie towarzyszą mu gwiazdy nad głową i butelka whisky. Matka zmaga się z chorobą psychiczną i codziennie zapisuje swoje sny, które uważa za prorocze. Jej dziwactwa przybierają coraz bardziej mroczne oblicze i silnie oddziałują na Debbie. Nad tym specyficznym domem wisi widmo nadchodzącej tragedii.\nDebbie, wychowana w hermetycznym rodzinnym świecie, rozpoczyna studia na Trinity College w Dublinie. Dziewczyna próbuje odnaleźć się w nowej, zupełnie innej rzeczywistości, między dwoma biegunami: wyrafinowanym towarzystwem przyjaciół z uczelni a swoją rodziną.\nSnowflake to autentyczna i poruszająca historia o dorastaniu i opuszczaniu domu. Czy najdziwniejsza rodzina i skomplikowane relacje łączące jej członków mogą być bezpieczną przystanią i wsparciem? Historia Debbie jest głosem pokolenia, opowieścią o radzeniu sobie z niełatwymi doświadczeniami.

Snowflake

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Snowflake: A Novel

Snowflake: A Novel

Snowflake: The No.1 bestseller and winner of Newcomer of the Year 2021

Snowflake