Shane McDonnell

Break Shane McDonnell

It's all ahead of him.

The endless summer days now that school is finally done, and the unknown future after that - a future where, if Rian gets his way, he'll leave home far behind him.

But before that question is answered, there are blurry parties and football team rivalries and terrible dates and a girl who fills his life with possibilities.

Missed connections with the brother he longs to join in London, stilted conversations with a father weighed down by grief, and a lads' weekend in Prague that shows Rian stepping into adulthood doesn't mean he gets to walk away from all that he carries.