Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way

**A 2025 LOOK-HEAD SELECTION IN THE OBSERVER, THE IRISH TIMES, JOURNAL.IE, RTE GUIDE AND SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND** A multi-generational family story of the west of Ireland and its women and a love story of second chances from the Booker-longlisted author of How to Build a Boat 'This book touched my soul' KATRIONA O'SULLIVAN 'Elaine Feeney is one of Irish literature's most gifted and persuasive storytellers' SINAD GLEESON 'Clear-eyed and deep-hearted ... packs an intellectual and emotional punch' CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT Claire OConnors life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved from cosmopolitan London back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father. But snatches of her old life are sure to follow her, when Tom unexpectedly moves nearby for work. As Claire is thrown back into a love she thought shed left behind, she questions if Tom has come for her or for himself. Living in her childhood home brings its own challenges. While Claire tries to maintain a normal life obsessing over the internet, going to work and minding her own business Toms return stirs up haunting family memories trapped within the walls of the old house that looms nearby. Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way is a story of love and resilience, rich with history and drama, and the legacies of violence and redemption. As the secrets of the past are revealed, Claire must confront whether she can escape her history to make a future for herself and whether finding yourself means facing yourself too. 'Feeney will break your heart with her characters but she will also lovingly put it back together again' EDEL COFFEY Praise for Elaine Feeney 'AMAZING, EXCITING, VISCERAL' Marian Keyes 'BURSTING WITH TENDERNESS' Douglas Stuart RIVETING Roddy Doyle HEART RENDING Louise Kennedy BURSTING WITH SOUL Lisa McInerney BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED AND IMAGINED Anne Enright 'THRILLING' Nicole Flattery 'FABULOUS' Kevin Barry