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  • Published: 18 March 2021
  • ISBN: 9780241986653
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $32.99

Nothing But Blue Sky




A wise, thoughtful, beautifully observed and impossible-to-put-down portrait of a marriage

Is there such a thing as a perfect marriage?

David thought so. But when his wife Mary Rose dies suddenly he has to think again. Figuring out who Mary Rose really was and the secrets that she kept - some of these hidden in plain sight - makes David wonder if he really knew her. Did he even know himself?

Nothing But Blue Sky is a precise and tender story of love in marriage - a gripping examination of what binds couples together and of what keeps them apart.

'Touching and enthralling' Sunday Times

'A beautifully written and powerful tale' Woman & Home

'Not only my favourite novel of the year, but possibly of the decade' Sunday Independent

  • Published: 18 March 2021
  • ISBN: 9780241986653
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

Kathleen MacMahon

The Home Scar is Kathleen MacMahon's fourth novel. Her debut, This is How it Ends, spent five weeks at the top of the bestseller lists in Ireland, and was a Richard and Judy Book Club choice in the UK. It was followed by The Long, Hot Summer, also a bestseller in Ireland, and Nothing But Blue Sky, which was nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2021. Kathleen is a former radio and television journalist with Ireland's national broadcaster, RTÉ, and she lives in Dublin with her family.

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Praise for Nothing But Blue Sky

Nothing But Blue Sky is quiet and thoughtful and very moving - Claire Fuller

Claire Fuller