Paradise Author:A. L. Kennedy Almost forty with nothing to show for it, Hannah Luckraft is starting to notice that her lifestyle is not entirely sustainable: Her subconscious is turning against her, her soul is a little unwell. Her family is wounded, her friends are odd, her body is not as reliable as it once was and her drinking is frankly out of hand. Robert, a dentist, ap... more »pears to offer a love she can understand, but he may only be one more symptom of the problem she must cure. From the north-east of Scotland to Dublin, from London to Montreal, to Budapest and onwards, Hanna travels in search of the ultimate altered state: the one where she can be happy - her paradise.« less