Checkout 19: ‘A book to shake the world anew’ Sebastian Barry

*A 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK IN THE GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL, DAILY TELEGRAPH, IRISH TIMES CULTURE AND NEW STATESMAN*

'We read in order to come to life.'

With fierce imagination, a woman revisits the moments that shape her life; from crushes on teachers to navigating relationships in a fast-paced world; from overhearing her grandmothers' peculiar stories to nurturing her own personal freedom and a boundless love of literature.

Fusing fantasy with lived experience, Checkout 19 is a vivid and mesmerising journey through the small traumas and triumphs that define us — as readers, as writers, as human beings.

• Author
• Claire-Louise Bennett

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 224

• Publisher
• Jonathan Cape

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781787333543

• Release date
• 2021