The City Changes Its Face

A New York Public Library Best Book of 2025. A most anticipated novel of 2025 in the Guardian, Financial Times, Irish Times, New Statesman, Independent, Sunday Times,. and. Stylist. "One of the finest writers at work today. " ANNE ENRIGHT. "Her prose is as haunting and moving as music. ". ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN. "McBride is a cartographer of the secret self, guiding us towards hidden treasure. " CLAIRE KILROY. "So, all would be grand then, as far as the eye could see. Which it was, for a while. Up until the city, remembering its knives and forks, invited itself in to dine. ". >Eighteen months later, the flat feels different. Love is merging with reality. Stephen's teenage daughter has re-appeared, while Eily has made a choice, the consequences of which she cannot outrun. Now they face a reckoning for all that's been left unspoken - emotions, secrets and ambitions. Tonight, if they are to find one another again, what must be said aloud. Love rallies against life. Time tells truths. The city changes its face.