Nine Lives.

Four Generations.

One Family.

The MacEntees are no ordinary family.

Determined to be different to other people, they have carved out a place for themselves in Irish life by the sheer force of their own personalities. But when a series of misfortunes befall them over the course of one long hot summer, even the MacEntees will struggle to make sense of who they are.

Meet the MacEntees:

Deirdre, the reluctant matriarch.

Manus, the eccentric grandfather.

Alma, the TV star who falls victim to a vicious assault.

Mick, the European politician on the run from a media storm.

Liam, the Government minister sacked by an angry electorate.

Acushla, the model wife with an unhappy secret.

Connie, the wild child turned exhausted young mother.

Nora, the idealist, missing somewhere in the Middle East.

And Macdara, the fragile and gentle soul of the family.

As the MacEntees do battle with their misfortunes, Deirdre is planning a family party for her 80th birthday, and with it one final, shocking surprise.

From Kathleen MacMahon, the Number One bestselling author of This is How it Ends, comes this powerful and poignant novel capturing a moment in the life of one family.