The Queen of Dirt Island: Donal Ryan

This is a story about family, about all of the things it should be - and sometimes isn`t.

In Nenagh, County Tipperary, four generations of Aylward women live and love. The head of the family, Nana, is a woman who has buried two sons and whose life has been the family farm. Her daughter-in-law, Eileen, is estranged from her own parents, having `shamed` them and given birth to Saoirse. And then there`s Saoirse herself, eavesdropping on lives she cannot comprehend. It is only when they must battle for the inheritance of Dirt Island - a narrow strip of land adjacent to Eileen`s childhood home - that they truly understand the roots that bind their lives together.