The Friendship Cup : From Palestine to Ireland by Winne Clarke

The Friendship Cup : From Palestine to Ireland by Winne ClarkeWhat happens when a summer football program brings together children from different worlds? When a Palestinian team arrives in Ireland, nobody realises how deeply these new friendships will change everyone's lives. Inspired by a real football exchange from 2017, this moving novel follows Irish children as they welcome visitors into their homes and hearts. As they play matches and learn about each other's lives, the Irish children begin to understand

In the glow of a late summer morning

praised for her "edgy precision

'One of the greatest writers of our age' Neil GaimanAcross a wide variety of subjects

and a new genre - the collective autobiography - in order to capture the passing of time

and a floating village in Cambodia

And her teenage dreams are now distant

Didion searches for stories as the Sixties implode

Can Zhu escape what's written in the stars

who killed Mowgli's parents

August and Hugo come from different worlds

His poems 'seek to answer fundamental questions about the nature of human existence and the place of the individual in a universe without meaning' (Gearoid Denvir)

" In the collection's longest story