'Twelve Thousand Days' by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne shortlisted for the 2020 Michel Déon Prize

We are thrilled to see 'Twelve Thousand Days' by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne among such amazing company on the 2020 Michel Déon Prize shortlist, congratulations to all!
‘I caught a glimpse of him, behind the veil. And he knew I’d caught it. There was that understanding between us. We were members of the club of the X-ray eyes, the club of people who can see into the human heart.’
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s candid and moving memoir tells the story of her thirty-year relationship with the love of her life, internationally renowned folklorist Bo Almqvist, capturing brilliantly the compromises and adjustments and phases of their relationship.
'Twelve Thousand Days' is a remarkable story about love, grief and time, shot through with wry and sharp observations on Irish life, culture and morality.