The M Word

The M Word delivered everything I expect from Conaghan: searingly inventive language; characters with their emotional dials turned all the way up; a journey through real-world trauma that feels authentic and really connects. And add funny to that list - properly, genuinely funny. A welcome addition to an already-outstanding body of work * Martin Stewart, author of Riverkeep *
An emotional rollercoaster of a book, written with so much heart it bounces off of the page. The darkness is balanced by cracking dialogue and humour. A bold, life-affirming read' * Irish Independent on THE WEIGHT OF A THOUSAND FEATHERS *
Conaghan is a sublime storyteller who can make the reader hang on his every last word (and all of the others) ... Conaghan is sensitive and the dark plot retains a lightness * Alex O'Connell, Sunday Times Book of the Week on THE WEIGHT OF A THOUSAND FEATHERS *
[...] a sensitive and insightful examination of how the human mind and body react to the loss of someone once essential to existence and about how to cope with the pain and the grief [...] Conaghan excels at creating completely authentic characters and spiky, sharp-tongued, straight-talking, streetwise, quick-witted Maggie doesn't disappoint * Reading Zone *