A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING PB

ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES 25 BEST NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE Eimear McBrides award-winning debut novel tells the story of a young womans 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. To read A Girl is a Half-formed Thing is to plunge inside its narrators head, experiencing her world at first hand. This isnt always comfortable - but it is always a revelation.