Synopsis

From coastal Massachusetts to rural Ireland, the characters in Trespassers struggle to reconcile past and present, place and displacement, loss and hope.

A woman travels from her Massachusetts home to her native Irish village to care for her estranged and sick father. Back in her childhood home, she comes face-to-face with previously unspoken losses.

A wealthy couple travels to Cape Cod to spend their 52nd summer on the wife’s ancestral estate. On their private beach above Nantucket Sound, the husband must confront the realities of their long marriage and its social-class tensions.

An Irish immigrant takes her American-born teen to a raucous Boston house party. At that party, the teenager discovers that her mother had lied about her child’s birth father—a lie that will permanently divide the mother and daughter.

Amazon * B&N * Bookshop

About the Author

An Irish native, Áine Greaney now lives and writes in the Boston area. In addition to her five published books, her short works have appeared in Creative Nonfiction, Salon, Another Chicago Magazine, The Boston Globe Magazine, The New York Times, Books Ireland, NPR/WBUR, and other publications.

As well as being an author, Greaney is a trained teacher who has designed and led fiction and non-fiction workshops, presentations, and keynotes for regional, national, and international organizations.

Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, cited in Best American Essays, and named a ‘Great Group Read’ by the Women’s National Book Association.

 Website * Instagram * Bluesky * Facebook * Threads