Deirdre Shanahan: Caravan of the Lost and Left Behind

Caravan of the Lost and Left Behind, is the hauntingly moving story of Eva, a member of the traveller community, who returns to Ireland with her son Torin and finds Caitlin, the daughter she abandoned there years before. Torin and Caitlin meet and we see their entangled relationship and the consequences when they discover their true connection. The novel explores the tensions around family and what it means: escape and flight, urban and rural life and the compromises we have to make to survive and love.