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Kisses in the Queue
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Publisher: Laura Carpenter
Published: Jan 16 2026
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Eimear Callaghan falls, the world doesn't end with a bang-it shrinks to hospital light, oxygen hiss, and the brutal quiet between two people who love each other but haven't been hearing each other.
Ronan sits by her bed counting the days, replaying the ordinary argument that became a turning point: bins, lunches, exhaustion, and the invisible labour that can grind a marriage down to sharp edges. Outside the ward, Cork keeps moving-school gates, coffee queues, kids demanding costumes and comfort and one more thing, always one more thing.
As Eimear fights her way back-body first, then mind-Ronan must learn to be more than the helpful man in the margins. And Eimear must learn that holding everything together isn't the same as being held.
Kisses in the Queue is a tender, emotionally charged Irish story about family life at full tilt, the words that stick, and the love that survives when both people finally choose to show up-quietly, daily, faithfully.
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