Girl
By Edna O'Brien
Longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction
Longlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
A Times, Evening Standard and Financial Times Book of the Year
I was a girl once, but not any more . . .
A young woman, barely more than a girl herself, must learn to survive with a child of her own, in a world which seems entirely consumed by madness.
As she navigates a landscape of terrors and trials, can she find a place of safety within a society blinkered by mistrust and denial?
'Astonishing.' - New Statesman
'Raw and transfixing.' - Observer
'Devastating and moving.' - Daily Telegraph
- ISBN:
- 9780571341184
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- Pages:
- 240
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Imprint:
- Faber & Faber
- Weight:
- 197 g