Book description
Is there a cure for longing? Escaping heartbreak, a raw and humble
Eugene Mahon leaves small town Ireland for London. His horizons expand
as he meets and befriends men from all over the world on the
Shoreditch building site where he works. The good times roll, but the
shadows of the past loom over him as he lodges in the pub his late
father Seamus lived in when he worked in the city years before. The
pub is run by the same landlady, Della, and her daughter Julia, and
Eugene's appearance bring Della's own memories of his father flooding
to the surface, revealing secrets that she'd hoped to keep hidden
forever. Eugene's initiation into the brotherhood of the building site
is shattered when he wakes one morning in a police cell, beaten and
bruised, with no memory of how or why he got there. In the midst of
accusation and hostility, Eugene must uncover truths that will change
his life, and the lives of those around him forever.
