- Published: 19 March 2020
- ISBN: 9781473578333
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 352
The Weight of Love
- Published: 19 March 2020
- ISBN: 9781473578333
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 352
An absorbing, cleverly structured, yet very human novel. It is hard to accept that it is Hilary Fannin's first
Roddy Doyle
An exquisitely written, deeply moving novel about the agonies of love, intimacy, and the harm we inflict upon one another in the name of romance.
Louise O’Neill
Incredibly beautiful, aching; it feels like it’s being whispered to me. The story unfolds so naturally in prose at once delicate and powerful, hypnotic. Gorgeous.
Donal Ryan
Beautiful and painful, exquisitely written, shot through with nostalgia for our earlier selves.
Marian Keyes
This is heartache for grown ups. The Weight of Love pulls you in and does not let go.
Anne Enright
A tender, beautiful novel that sparkles with humour
Danielle McLaughlin
Fannin writes with acute insight on loss, grief, and the ways in which time fold in our lives ... We are not long into 2020, but Fannin's novel is already likely to be a serious contender for one of the books of the year
Sunday Times
A masterful dissection of romantic love ... This novel is still revealing new unexpected depths until the final page
Sunday Independent
It’s a gorgeous read; delicate, well crafted, full of clever insights into relationships, loss and the human condition of the calibre you might expect from Anne Enright.
Irish Times
Fannin proves the efficacy of fiction as a medium for truth - and in doing so, exceeds all expectations.
The Irish Times Ticket
Intimate and moving … It is all in there: family love, friendship and romantic love. Hilary looks at these universal themes with microscopic precision.
Irish Examiner
This beautifully written and intimate story is profoundly moving
Irish Sunday People
A startling debut
Must Read, Image Magazine
An utterly beautiful book
Michael Harding
A beautifully written account of a love triangle that feels so real I could have lived it myself
Kathleen MacMahon
Gorgeous, romantic, sad, melancholy, wise, amazing. I really recommend it ... One of the best books of the year
Seán Hewitt
Wise and beautifully bittersweet, The Weight of Love explores how we can be haunted by our own ghosts and the ghosts of others, by versions of our younger selves and the lives we failed to lead
Irish Independent
The Weight of Love left me with a feeling I so rarely get with fiction - a sort of drunkenness, an ease. I sank into it and when I got to the end, I wanted to turn it over and start again
Business Post
Wonderful ... A novel about lots of different forms of love ... Everyone should buy it
Miriam O'Callaghan, RTÉ Radio 1
Stunning ... perceptive, pitch-perfect.
Saga Magazine
Beautifully written ... profoundly moving.
Sunday Mirror