Lúba

‘Cad ba mhaith leat anois?’ Ní raibh tuairim agam cad a bhí uaim. Conas a bheadh? ‘Imeacht, is dócha,’ arsa mise. ‘Imeacht in áit éigin nach n-aithneofaí mé.’

Tá Lucy ag streachailt leis an saol: a tuismitheoirí, an scoil, a cairde, a smaointe féin fiú. An dtiocfadh léi saol álainn a bheith aici mar atá ag Clúimhín, an cat?

Bhuaigh an saothar seo gradam Buaicshaothar Próis na Bliana ag Oireachtas 2018.

Lucy feels the whole world is against her: her parents, her school, her friends, even her own thoughts.She wonders if she could have a nice contented life like Clúimhín, the family cat.

If she was granted that life, though, would it make her happy?