Y - Tapa blanda

A beautiful, moving book that explores what it takes to belong. (Evie Wyld, Guardian)

A sharp and compassionate exploration of the split nature of decisions. (Sunday Times)

Compassionate and keenly observed ... Celona's well-judged conclusion does indeed fill the heart to bursting. (Daily Mail)

An evocative look into what makes a family, and what makes a home, and how they are undeniably helixed together. (Colum McCann)

A heartfelt first novel ... Celona is compassionate toward even her most wayward characters. (New York Times)

While Shannon is a heartbreaking character, Y is a warming story sprinkled with humour, forming the perfect canvas to interrogate big questions. (Psychologies)

Stunning. (Globe and Mail)

An effervescent debut . . . . A meditation on loss, identity, and family, Y showcases a tenacious young writer as she schools us in compassion. (O Magazine)

Splendid. (Toronto Star)

A wee baby girl is left behind and even before she opens her eyes, she begins to describe her extraordinary world. Y is filled with heartbreaking loss and flawed heroes yet Celona's writing is filled with grace and compassion. (Heather O'Neill, author of Lullabies for Little Criminals)

Why would a mother give up her daughter? Can abandonment ever be an act of love? And could you ever forgive her? 'My life begins at the Y...' Abandoned as a newborn at the doors of the local YMCA and then bounced between foster homes, Shannon eventually finds stability in the home of Miranda, a single mother with a daughter of her own. But as Shannon grows, so do her questions. Will she ever belong? Who is her true family? And why would her parents abandon Shannon on the day she was born? The answers lie in the heartrending tale of her mother, a headstrong young woman trapped in a tragic series of events that will destroy her family and test the limits of her compassion and sacrifice.