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Thirst Trap
Gráinne O'Hare
★★★★· Published 2025· 288 pages· read 2025
Three Belfast women in their thirties, living for the weekend and quietly falling apart a year after losing the fourth in their group. Funny and gutting about friendship, drift, and grief that won't move in a straight line.
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