May All Your Skies Be Blue

Synopsis

Summer, 1991.

Dean: sun-stung and sticky with cool ice-pop juice, walks to the middle of The Green to get a good gawk at the new salon. And at the owner’s kid. Hands deep in his pockets, his jet-black mop of hair hides the tension in his face at the thought of going back home.

Shauna: stands well hid behind her ma – her eyes dark and haunted like the rest of her. The salon is theirs, a fresh start. The smell of her ma’s Body Shop perfume clings to her jumper – Shauna can’t be anywhere else other than here.

Instantly inseparable, their friendship blooms. But as time passes and tell-tale blushes and school fights develop into something deeper, conflicting responsibilities threaten to pull Shauna and Dean apart.

When all seems lost, will they find each other under the same blue sky?

Author

Fíona Scarlett is from Dublin but now living in Co. Kildare, Ireland. Her debut novel Boys Don’t Cry was an international bestseller, shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year in the Irish Book Awards, and the Kate O’Brien first novel award. She was recently named as one of Ireland’s ‘New Voices, 20 Best New Irish Writers’ in conjunction with the Irish Book Awards 2024. She currently lecturers in Creative Writing at the University of Limerick.