Anne Tiernan: My Reading Of It - The Last Days of Joy

Watch Anne Tiernan read her poignant debut novel The Last Days of Joy on Hot Press' 'My Reading of It'. The Last Days of Joy was shortlisted by Hot Press readers in our Hotties 2024 poll: www.hotpress.com/music/shortl...
The Last Days of Joy is an entrancing debut novel about troubled family dynamics and deep-seated trauma.
When the titular Joy, a mother in her late 60s, attempts to take her own life, her adult children, Conor, Frances and Sinead, receive the news that she only has days to live.
The three of them, each at a crossroads in their lives, rush to Joy’s side, setting up the perfect scene to bring up the dysfunction and pain of their childhood.