One of the best novels I've read this year from an unusually gifted writer

Edel Coffey, Irish Times

An immersive exploration of grief . . . Wittily explores the fragile dynamics of a family navigating the loss of a father . . . Dickey's background as a poet is more than evident . . . The language is sharp and spare, yet deeply affecting; the five voices each unique and necessary, each one helping the reader better understand the fragile architecture of a family at odds with itself. There are no wasted words in this novel. The humour is observational and pithy . . . Dickey's powerful words encourage us to explore our own buried tragedies and unsung truths

Joanna Cannon, Guardian

Constantly surprises you with prose that knocks the wind out of your chest . . . Dickey's prose is razor sharp, and even more so when she moves so effortlessly from character to character, the weight of the adults' lives wholly different to the fleeting but all-consuming issues facing the children … So astute … This book should be added to your to-be-read pile without a second thought

Aoife Rooney, Irish Independent

In precise prose, Dickey catalogues the feelings of these flawed characters as they contemplate the haunted past and hopeful future

Eithne Farry, Mail on Sunday

Grief and recrimination is leavened by arch humour, but above all, the book is a moving reflection on the unknowability of human beings, and the gulf between how others see us and how we see ourselves

The Week, Novel of the Week

Embeds personal silence in a broader network of social and political questions, enmeshing the story in the everyday life of contemporary Ulster

Gemini McKee, Belfast Telegraph