Confessions with Catherine Airey
Tue 21 Jan 2025
7:00pm at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, 14-15 John St, Bath, BA1 2JL
All tickets include 15% off any books purchased on the night, a glass of wine or soft drink, author talk, Q&A and signing.
Other ways to book:
Email books@mrbsemporium.com, call 01225 331155 or pop into the shop at 14-15 John Street, Bath. BA1 2JL.
We are delighted to welcome Catherine Airey to Mr B’s, to discuss her remarkable debut novel, Confessions. It’s a book that quickly swept through the Mr B’s team, and one we can’t wait to press into the hands of our customers.
Tracing the arc of three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again, we witness them experiencing the irresistible gravity of the past: its love and tragedy, its mystery and redemption.
Perfect for fans of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, or Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Confessions is one of the most anticipated debut novels of 2025, and we can’t wait to chat with Catherine and hear more.
About the book:
It is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone.
Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of Cora’s family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspool…
‘CONFESSIONS is a beating heart of a novel, intricate both in its weaving and its unspooling. An irresistible read.’ Yael van der Wouden, Booker-shortlisted author of THE SAFEKEEP
‘An intricately woven epic, Confessions is both intimate and expansive, a novel that teems with raw, hungry life.’ Colin Walsh, author of KALA