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Dervla Kirwan reads an original story for Radio 4 by the award-winning author of Trespasses, set in the West of Ireland. A divorced couple do their best to remain civil for the sake of their daughter on a school visit – until a small volume of poetry unleashes powerful memories from their past… Dervla Kirwan is an award-winning stage and screen actor, best known for her roles in Ballykissangel, and most recently The House of Guinness. Author: Louise Kennedy is best known for her acclaimed debut novel, Trespasses, a searing story of forbidden love in 1970s Belfast set against the backdrop of the Troubles. It went on to win Eason's Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards, Book of the Year: Debut Fiction at the British Book Awards, and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and Barnes and Noble Discover Prize. It has recently been made into a Channel 4 drama. Her short story collection, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac won the John McGahern Prize. Before she started writing, she spent nearly thirty years working as a chef. Produced by Justine Willett