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Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way

The new novel about family history, love and second chances from the Booker Prize longlisted author

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Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way

Written by: Elaine Feeney
Narrated by: Elaine Feeney
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ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED NOVELS OF 2025 AS SELECTED BY THE OBSERVER, THE IRISH TIMES, JOURNAL.IE, RTE GUIDE AND SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND

The deeply moving story of the O’Connor family, its troubled past in the West of Ireland, and a love story of second chances from the Booker-longlisted author of How to Build a Boat'

Claire O’Connor’s life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved from London back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father. But glimpses of her old life are sure to follow when Tom unexpectedly moves nearby. As Claire is thrown into a love she thought she’d left behind, she questions if Tom has come for her or for himself.

Living in her childhood home brings its own challenges. While Claire tries to maintain a normal life – getting lost online, going to work and minding her own business – Tom’s return stirs up haunting memories trapped within the walls of the old family house.

Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way is a story of love and resilience, rich with history and drama, and the legacies of violence and redemption. As the secrets of the past are revealed, Claire must confront whether she can escape her history to make a future for herself.

Elaine Feeney is one of Irish literature's most gifted and persuasive storytellers' SINÉAD GLEESON

'An uncanny understanding of the workings of the human heart. I loved this book' LOUISE KENNEDY

'Full of humanity, a story for our times' MARY COSTELLO

© Elaine Feeney 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

 Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Sagas Small Town & Rural World Literature

Critic Reviews

One of Ireland’s shining literary stars...an energetic and vivid voice'
Feeney’s astute lyricism makes for a marvellously engaging story
A haunting powerful page turner of a novel that will have you in its thrall from first to last page (Gabriel Byrne)
One of Irish literature's most gifted and persuasive storytellers. (Sinéad Gleeson)
An uncanny understanding of the workings of the human heart. I loved this book. (Louise Kennedy)
This book touched my soul ... A perfect depiction of the complicated relationships we have with ourselves and our histories. (Katriona O'Sullivan)
Lulls the reader with its lyrical beauty, then slowly devastates with its raw passion and pain ... Shocking, intelligent and full of humanity, this is a story for our times. (Mary Costello)
A very strong novel and I was gripped by it throughout (Alex Clark)
Hugely powerful ...likely one of the most original you'll read this year (Daily Mail)
Expertly balances light and darkness, in a story that grips and engages... Sizzling, electric ... charged with humour and anger, reinvigorating and unexpected ...I loved it so (Jenny Mustard)
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