Kildare author Louise Nealon
“One of the unexpected joys of writing the novel was for my dad to read it and recognise that I had made a connection to the farm in my fiction,” said Kildare author, Louise Nealon of her debut novel ‘Snowflake.’
Louise, who previously milked cows to make some money, centered her novel around an 18-year-old woman, who lives on a dairy farm in Kildare with her mother and uncle.
In the book – which is published by Manilla Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books – Debbie’s uncle Billy lives in a caravan in the garden. Her mum Maeve’s grip on reality is increasingly tenuous, and she spends her days recording her dreams which are more real than her daylight hours. This world is Debbie’s normal, but she is about to step into life as a student in Dublin.