"There are bad days - bad in ways I didn't think possible. Days when she's hospitalised and I can't even get to see her. Days when I've no one to cook for and I wonder what the hell will I do when she dies? She calls these days 'going in for a service' but for me they're a breakdown, a write off, a crash. No amount of love and sex will stop what's happening to her body. No amount of living life to the full will mean she won't die."
Maria suffers from Cystic Fibrosis. Every woman is some man's daughter, every woman is some man's little girl. If he can't be a father to Ciara, can loving and caring for Maria help Brendan break the cycle of hurt in his life?
A love story for the times we live in.
This is the fourth part of Dancing to the End of Love. It can be read as a standalone or as part of the much longer complete story.
Literary fiction at its very best and most accessible.
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