In Lys-Castanea you have one job: to smile at your neighbour, and stay out of trouble. In this town, to become an individual is a sin of its own. A life outside of it is cruel, its solitude is a distant and unforgiving terrain.
When Nóirin Grietje contracts an unusual skin disease she sees an opportunity. She is a young woman who cannot be tamed, and does not fit neatly into any box. Taking a leap of faith, she bends and breaks societal bonds only to find herself bound by a different knot. Once more, she has to decide what kind of life she wants to live.

The Glue that Holds Us Together is a unique meeting of fantasy and literary modernism. Veronica Dune’s prose poetically paints a vibrant universe through confident strokes. A range of plotlines interweave into a tapestry of varying stories that celebrate and dissect the life of the eccentric through a contemplative lens.
The themes of womanhood and community, nature and creativity, and the search for love in different expressions invite the reader to look beyond what’s on the page, to read between the lines, and to search, to connect, to interpret. At times, the book offers more questions than answers and welcomes you on the journey of untangling the net of metaphors and symbolism.