FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF TENNIS LESSONS 'Susannah Dickey is a phenomenal talent
and I loved this novel.' ELIZABETH DAY '[A] treat . . . vividly compelling . . . a rare talent
and certainly one to watch' SUNDAY TIMES'I loved Common Decency . . . a surprising clever sad
and strange book . . . such a propulsive joy to read too.' MEGAN NOLAN In an apartment building
in Belfast two women wrestle with the sorrows and spectres of love and loss. Since her
mother's death Lily has withdrawn from the world trapped between grief and anger. She has to
break out of this damaging cycle - but how? Upstairs Siobhán is consumed by her affair with a
married man. Her days revolve around his sporadic texts and rare visits. She barely notices the
strange girl who lives below and dawdles in the foyer. But Lily is keeping a close eye on her
neighbour whose life seems so much better and more fulfilling than her own. When resentment
evolves into something darker and more urgent she decides to teach Siobhán a lesson... From
the critically acclaimed author of Tennis Lessons comes a darkly powerful novel about two lives
running closely in parallel but divided by gulfs of misunderstanding. With boundless wisdom and
deep empathy Dickey charts the anonymity and hidden intimacies of modern existence and our
profound human need to connect. 'Sharp as tacks extremely funny and deeply moving. This novel
is very good company.' JAN CARSON PRAISE FOR SUSANNAH DICKEY 'I loved Tennis Lessons so much.
Susannah is a phenomenally talented writer' ELIZABETH DAY 'A raw fierce shockingly honest
coming-of-age story' LOUISE O'NEILL 'Incredibly funny . . . by turns charming and disgusting
and I loved it' NELL FRIZZELL 'Brilliant . . . a wonderful writer hugely talented very funny
and insightful' ALAN DAVIES 'Propulsive . . . brilliantly vivid . . . stays in the mind long
after reading' IRISH TIMES 'A beautifully written and psychologically incisive
bildungsroman...the arrival of a young writer to watch' OBSERVER
