“An Irish daughter struggles with her relationship with her mother, who drinks, beats, goes blind, loses her sanity. The stories in this aptly titled book are relentless, full of terror, frighteningly true. Ethel Rohan’s rhythms will get inside you.” —Matt Salesses, Good Men Project Fiction Editor
Out of the Wreckage
“By lunch time, Stella’s cheek had swollen, pink with her mother’s handprint. From his end of the kitchen table, Stella caught her daddy look at the warm mark, but he said nothing . . .” by Ethel Rohan