Nesting — Roisín O’Donnell | Coleman’s Notes Reader’s Companion
Roisín O’Donnell’s Nesting is an urgent and deeply compassionate story about coercive control, motherhood, housing insecurity, survival and the search for home.
Pregnant Ciara Fay leaves her husband Ryan with her two young daughters and discovers that physically leaving an abusive relationship is only the beginning. With money running out and nowhere permanent to live, she must negotiate emergency accommodation and Dublin’s housing crisis while Ryan continues trying to draw her back.
The novel went on to win both the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year and the 2026 Radio 2 Book Club Award, as well as being longlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction.
The Coleman’s Notes® Reader’s Companion helps you explore the characters, relationships, social background and ideas behind this remarkable contemporary novel.
Your Reader’s Companion includes:
- Extended Plot Summary
- Detailed Reading Guide
- Detailed Character Studies
- Major Themes and Motifs
- Narrative Technique and Structure
- Eight Extended Close Readings
- Dublin Housing and Social Context
- Analysis of Coercive Control and Domestic Abuse
- Critical and Comparative Perspectives
- Extended Character and Symbol Analysis
- 50 Reading & Discussion Questions
- Ten Key Episodes
- Twenty Key Concepts
- Quick Reference section
Ideal for individual readers, book clubs and reading groups looking for a richer discussion and a deeper understanding of the novel.
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John of John — Douglas Stuart
Nesting — Roisín O’Donnell
Mrs Dickens — Emily Howes
Where Are the Kings — Donal Ryan
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