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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 'Miraculous . . . Extraordinary.' Mail on Sunday 'A masterpiece.' Irish Independent 'Mesmerising.' Sunday Times 'Devastating and moving.' Daily Telegraph
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Girl, Edna O. Brien
- Language
- Released
- 2020
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €1.99
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- Title
- Girl
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Edna O. Brien
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0571341187
- ISBN13
- 9780571341184
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Contemporary Fiction, Africa, Ireland, Escape, Kidnappings, Rape, Cruelty, Terror, Nigeria, Captivity
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- 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 'Miraculous . . . Extraordinary.' Mail on Sunday 'A masterpiece.' Irish Independent 'Mesmerising.' Sunday Times 'Devastating and moving.' Daily Telegraph