The characters are so real, so desperate to be loved, that the reader will want to reach through the pages and hold them.

Juno Loves Legs is the story of that friendship, in its many incarnations, as seen through the eyes of Juno. It’s not that often that you read a story of such pure platonic love - incidentally, my two favourite books so far this year have been just that (this one and We All Want Impossible Things). I've just finished reading Juno Loves Legs (to be published April 18, 2023) and am reminded that books, like moments in time, meet us and then pass away. Juno loves to watch her mother sew and repair garments, longing to be allowed to use the Singer sewing machine.The two find their way from the backstreets and city's pubs to its underground parties and squats, where, on the verge of adulthood, they find a breathing space to begin their real lives.

Geary finds beauty in the most unlikely places, and in an often brutal story, with more than its fair share of small tragedies, he offers balm along the way; a reminder that humanity is everywhere, if we take the time to look, and a clear demonstration that family is less about genetics and more about love. She's loved him since their first encounter at school in Dublin, where she fought the playground bullies for him.Blurbed by Douglas Stuart this shares some "sad childhood" DNA with his novels but Geary has a style all his own. What an amazing, sad, and heartfelt story set in 1980’s Dublin, Ireland, featuring the compelling main character, Juno, and her sole friend, Sean, who she meets in school and nicknames “Leggy”. Juno and Legs form an instant friendship, deep and lasting, that endures even after a period of forced separation. If you’re really lucky, the prose itself may flow in a way that’s so immersive, you hardly notice you’re reading because you’ve been fully transported into its fictional world.

Juno and Legs will break your heart in the very best way and leave you laughing in spite of yourself.Reminiscent of Young Mungo in its tone and sorrowful, bleak mood- Juno Loves Legs is a timeless tale of two misfits.

Told through the eyes of Juno, we see the pair begin to navigate the political and oftentimes confusing adult world with honesty and intuition. I was astounded at the writing of this empathic character, of how he was created out of pure love, "even horrible people can have their hearts broken" (Geary 241).

Het verhaal wordt voornamelijk verteld vanuit het perspectief van Juno, en terwijl kleine scènes uit haar leven laten zien hoe ze opgroeit in een harde omgeving, hoe haar weinig kansen en mogelijkheden worden geboden om op te klimmen, merk je dat ze dolgraag gezien en geaccepteerd wil worden. When misfit Juno, as handy with her fists as she is with her backchat, defends fellow outsider Legs against the school bullies, it spawns a fast friendship, giving both teenagers an escape from their troubled lives: Legs from his germophobic and homophobic mother, and Juno from a fractured family home where a working lightbulb travels from room to room, yet her da always finds money for the pub. Juno and “Legs” grow up on the same housing estate in Dublin, where spirited, intelligent Juno is ostracized for her poverty and Legs is persecuted for his sexuality; they find safety only in each other. Still, Juno Loves Legs may be of interest to Anglophiles and those who want to be challenged by their fiction. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.