Summer Hours: A vivid story of youth, desire and obsession (Paperback)

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In a hot Edinburgh summer, Roisin feels her life narrowing. Days slip by in cancelled plans, skipped work, and lukewarm wine in the bathtub with her best friend Eve, the only person who makes the stasis feel bearable.

When their wealthy mutual friend Claire offers Roisin a significant amount of money for what she calls freelance work, it seems like a way out, a small shift in fortune. But Claire’s proposal is not what it claims to be, and the arrangement begins to close around Roisin before she understands the shape of it.

Caught between her intense infatuation with Eve and the secret she is keeping with Claire, Roisin is forced into careful choices and quiet evasions. The line she walks grows thinner with every day, and the cost of misstep is losing what matters most.