Clodagh’s Dublin Drift Exposes Addiction and Housing Pressur
Clodagh’s drift through Dublin feels raw, contemporary and socially alert. Jessamine O’Connor gives addiction, housing insecurity and broken relationships real urgency, while the focus on reconnection, survival and fragile dignity keeps the novel from becoming bleak social commentary. That balance gives the book heart.
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Clodagh’s Dublin Drift Exposes Addiction and Housing Pressur
Clodagh’s drift through Dublin feels raw, contemporary and socially alert. Jessamine O’Connor gives addiction, housing insecurity and broken relationships real urgency, while the focus on reconnection, survival and fragile dignity keeps the novel from becoming bleak social commentary. That balance gives the book heart.
- Book Synopsis
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Back in the flat, Sylvia is no use. She doesn't have any ideas, all she suggests is get a job, take your time, get some money together, then go somewhere. But Clodagh needs to go now, needs to go today if possible. Even Seamus has gone. But where, and with what?'
Clodagh finds herself adrift after leaving her partner Seamus. Navigating addiction, the harsh realities of a housing crisis, and relationships pushed to the brink, this is a story of her attempts to reconnect with herself, and those closest to her, in a gritty, vividly rendered contemporary Dublin.
Weaving from place to place and person to person - past friends, fellow users and her worried mother Sylvia - Clodagh struggles to fully understand herself, or the city she calls home. Urban isolation, the trials of modern life and the fleeting beauty found in Dublin marble every scene of this novel. Somewhere is a raw and intimate portrait of a woman balancing on the edge of survival, seeking meaning and love amid isolation and addiction.
Ideal for readers who:
- Read raw contemporary Irish fiction dealing with systemic housing pressure, substance addiction and daily survival.
- Want to follow Clodagh’s urgent, deeply personal search for an authentic place to call home.
- Move through the complex landscape of Dublin’s broken relationships, urban isolation and fleeting city beauty.
- Prefer intimate literary novels that masterfully balance uncompromising grit with unexpected moments of grace.
- About The Author
- Jessamine O'Conor is writer based in Sligo, Ireland. Her debut poetry collection Silver Spoon was published by Salmon Poetry (2020). The Opposite of Grieving (2023) was published by Nine Pens. She is also the founder of The Hermit Collective, a creative group that bring together pop-up shows of poetry, art, music, stories, and more.
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- ISBN
- 9781843519799
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press, (14 May 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 215 x 135 mm
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