A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride is an award-winning experimental debut novel, which tells the story of a young woman’s traumatic coming-of-age in rural Ireland, as she struggles with her abusive family and clings to her relationship with her terminally ill brother. NOW ALSO AVAILABLE AS A SPECIAL COLLECTORS’ EDITION.
‘The essays in this outstanding collection are full of her signature humor, wit, and charming self-deprecation but there is so much more to her writing… Irby lays bare the beautiful, uncompromising truths of her life. I cannot remember the last time I was so moved by a book. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life is as close to perfect as an essay …