Confessions with Catherine Airey
21 January @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Mr B’s are delighted to welcome Catherine Airey, to discuss her remarkable debut novel, Confessions.
Tracing the arc of three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again, we witness them experiencing the irresistible gravity of the past: its love and tragedy, its mystery and redemption.
Perfect for fans of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, or Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Confessions is one of the most anticipated debut novels of 2025, and we can’t wait to chat with Catherine and hear more.
About the book:
It is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone.
Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of Cora’s family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspool…
‘CONFESSIONS is a beating heart of a novel, intricate both in its weaving and its unspooling. An irresistible read.’ Yael van der Wouden, Booker-shortlisted author of THE SAFEKEEP
‘An intricately woven epic, Confessions is both intimate and expansive, a novel that teems with raw, hungry life.’ Colin Walsh, author of KALA
