ABOUT THE BOOK 

Only love will save us… Tara Leonard returns after seven years abroad as a humanitarian aid worker to the island where she grew up on the northwest coast of Sligo. Having fled Creevy Island after a wounding marital breakup, she is back only to finalise her divorce. But as her stay on Creevy unexpectedly lengthens, events build to a dangerous reckoning where every ounce of her resourcefulness is tested. 

PRAISE FOR LOVE THESE DAYS 

“This story of loves lost and found on a western island is written with a sense of place that will stay with you long after you have finished.” — Niall Williams and Christine Breen, authors of In Kiltumper 

“I was hooked by page two.” — Martina Devlin 

“In a novel with trenchant things to say about the harm we do ourselves by keeping quiet, the clear, crisp,  and evocative language of Love These Days carries the reader forward at a breath-taking pace. Add its  marvellous painterly evocation of the seascapes and landscapes of the west of Ireland, and ‘what you get is  a perfect gem of a book; hard, bright and immaculate.” — Carlo Gébler 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Brian Leyden is the author of the bestselling memoir, The Home Place, the story collection, Sweet Old World:  New and Selected Stories, and the novels Death & Plenty and Summer of ’63. His work for radio includes the  documentaries, No Meadows in Manhattan, Even the Walls Were Sweatin’, and An Irish Station Mass. He  co-wrote the feature film, Black Ice, which was acquired by Netflix. He also scripted, The Sheemore Ambush video for the Decade of Commemorations, and the Famine Attic Memorial audio installation for the  Workhouse, Carrick-on-Shannon. His work for the stage includes, Old Flames and Remember Me. Writer, Bernard MacLaverty, has described his work as ‘life remembered with precision and love’.