A dark, often bittersweet read where you're so close to the action that it's almost as if you can hear Fiadh breathe . . . important * Belfast Telegraph *
A taut, accomplished and affecting addition to the recent body of Belfast novels about the disaffected young, and the complicated tug that a place can have on you -- Lucy Caldwell
Skilfully interrogates what it means to have a complex relationship with home, paints a stunningly realistic portrait of the awkward years between childhood and adult existence and is, above all, a cracking read -- Jan Carson
A passionate, authoritative novel that maps with scrupulous detail the intensities and treacherously shifting allegiances of its cast -- Colin Barrett
Visceral and compelling, Exile is an unflinching novel whose clear-eyed compassion burns brightly even in its darkest moments -- Colin Walsh
An explosive debut . . . about the joys, sorrows and complexities of female friendship, and what it is to both leave home and to return changed -- Alice Slater
An assured, unsentimental portrayal of youth . . . A compelling debut -- EM Reapy
An eruption of a book by a phenomenal writer -- Darran Anderson
I barely dared to blink while reading the final few pages . . . One of this year's most highly anticipated releases, Aimee Walsh is a true literary talent. * Image *