Heap Earth Upon It
| By: | Chloe Michelle Howarth |
| Publisher: | Verve Books |
| Published: | October 2025 |
| Pages: | 281 |
| Categories: | Fiction |
| Language: | English |
| Available as: | Hardback, Paperback, Audio |
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January 1965. The orphaned O'Leary siblings - Tom, Jack, Anna and Peggy - arrive in the village of Ballycrea, tight-lipped about their troubled past and desperate for a fresh start. After being met with suspicion from most of the locals, the family are thrilled when they're taken under the wing of their well-respected neighbours, Bill and Betty Nevan, who offer them work, companionship and an opportunity to fit in. But for one of the O'Learys, this new friendship sparks an intense attachment that makes the dynamic dangerous for all. It's difficult to bury secrets, but almost impossible to bury feelings... Crackling with suspense, Heap Earth Upon It revisits the rural Ireland of Howarth's critically acclaimed debut and delves into claustrophobic relationships and tangled identities, leaving you wondering who to trust until the very last page. It combines the emotional intensity and slow-burn sapphic obsession of Julia Armfield's Our Wives Under the Sea and Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep with the unsettling gothic undertones of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and Shirley Jackson's fiction.
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