Solace

Author: Belinda McKeon

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 6 November 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Picador Collection' series.

Paperback | 352 pages
198 x 130 | 248g

Winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial PrizeWinner of the Sunday Independent Best Newcomer AwardBord Gáis Energy Irish Book of the YearSolace by Belinda McKeon is a dazzling story of love, family and divided loyalties.

Mark Casey did not expect to fall in love. But from the minute he saw Joanne Lynch across the garden of a Dublin pub, it seemed that nothing else was possible.

But Mark is also drawn back – guiltily – to his family and the land they have farmed for generations, and when he discovers the truth behind a family feud, it threatens to destroy this passionate love affair.

‘A novel of quiet power, filled with moments of carefully told truth’ - Colm Tóibín, author of Long Island‘Elegant, consuming and richly inspired. Superb’ - Colum McCann, author of ApeirogonPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.