About to Fall Apart cover art

About to Fall Apart

 Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

£5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options
Buy Now for £11.22

Buy Now for £11.22

About this listen

'Poignant and tender.' FERDIA LENNON
'A dynamic voice.' IRENOSEN OKOJIE
'Lushly written and formally audacious.' NICOLAS PADAMSEE

This is the story of one man's weekend, a weekend in which everything could change

These lines could change everything /
He sips more of his tinny /
Imagines a new life

Aidy's just punched a co-worker, but he hasn't got time to deal with the fallout. With a deadline fast looming he must get home, knuckle down and finish the story he's been working on, a story he hasn't been able to stop thinking about. It's the story of a falling plane and of a grieving mother.

Set across one weekend, About to Fall Apart is the exhilarating story of a man of mixed heritage - living on the Irish border - as he tries to stay positive, reconnect with his children and maybe, even, find his own birth mother.

©2026 Ashley Hickson-Lovence (P)2026 Faber & Faber Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
All stars
Most relevant
Loved reading about Aidy’s weekend as an author writing about a footballer who died in a plane crash. The footballer’s mum is grieving the death of her son. Aidy is grieving never knowing his mum.

If you love words, the poetic use of words, the way they convey meaning and extract emotions, sensory language, you will absolutely adore About to Fall Apart by Ashley Hickson-Lovence who narrates the book as if he is reading spoken word.

Short and punchy

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.