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Snowflake by Louise Nealon
5.0
challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I listened to this as it was the One Dublin One Book for April 2024.
A young woman gets into Trinity College, and finds there is a wide gulf between her life on the farm at home and student life in Dublin. It doesn't sound much of a plot put that baldly, because this is really a story about stories.
The epic ones like Greek and Celtic myths; the strange, idiosyncratic ones we tell ourselves about who we truly are; the narratives we create for public consumption - and how all these threads entertwine to make a person, persona...
Brilliantly read by Louise Harland.