Sunburn: coming of age novel set in Ireland...

It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendship - the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn't appeal to her at all.

Lucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, escalates to an all-consuming infatuation, and, very quickly, to a desperate and devastating love.

Fearful of rejection from her small and conservative community, Lucy begins living a double life....

But with the end of school and the opportunity to leave Crossmore looming, Lucy must choose between two places, two people and two futures, each as terrifying as the other....