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The final novel by the legendary Irish icon Edna O'Brien, author of The Country Girls.

''The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose there''s no one like Edna.'' Anne Enright
''Girl broke me in two: a hard and beautiful miracle.'' Eimear McBride
''An extraordinary act of imagination.'' J.M. Coetzee
''Glittering energy . . . Exemplary.'' Colm Tóibín

I was a girl once, but not any more . . .

A young Nigerian 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, ruled by Boko Haram, can she find a place of safety within a society blinkered by mistrust and denial?

Astonishing.' New Statesman
Raw and transfixing.' Observer
A masterpiece.' Irish Independent
Mesmerising.' Sunday Times
Devastating and moving.' Daily Tel

Girl

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 18 June 2020
      ISBN-13 9780571341184
      978-0571341184
      ISBN-10 0571341187
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The final novel by the legendary Irish icon Edna O'Brien, author of The Country Girls.

      ''The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose there''s no one like Edna.'' Anne Enright
      ''Girl broke me in two: a hard and beautiful miracle.'' Eimear McBride
      ''An extraordinary act of imagination.'' J.M. Coetzee
      ''Glittering energy . . . Exemplary.'' Colm Tóibín

      I was a girl once, but not any more . . .

      A young Nigerian 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, ruled by Boko Haram, can she find a place of safety within a society blinkered by mistrust and denial?

      Astonishing.' New Statesman
      Raw and transfixing.' Observer
      A masterpiece.' Irish Independent
      Mesmerising.' Sunday Times
      Devastating and moving.' Daily Tel

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