A Girl is a Half-formed Thing

2014 | Fiction & Poetry

This is the winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for fiction. It is the winner of the Desmond Elliott prize. It is Kerry Group Irish novel of the year award. It is the winner of the goldsmiths prize. A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing is an unforgettable novel from a major new literary talent. Eimear McBride's award-winning debut novel tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour. It is a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable and isolated protagonist. The author's spellbinding reading illuminates every nuance of the text with feeling and sympathy.

Eimear McBride (Author)