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Ithaca review: Fierce and funny modern odyssey
Alan McMonagle’s enthralling debut follows an Irish teenager trying to imagine a better life
Statement by Liberties Press publisher Seán O’Keeffe
‘This is a situation I am sorry about, and one I am addressing’
‘A lot of Eggshells is from conversations I overheard. People just have no filter’
‘You do write the book you want to read, and I love reading books that aren’t perfectly plotted and aren’t all wrapped up tidily at the end’
UCD academic Áine Mahon on Eggshells by Caitriona Lally: ‘a delightful debut’
The defining purpose of fiction is to make us less lonely, said David Foster Wallace. In Eggshells, we see his insight finely sketched and coloured in
‘I’m glad I didn’t know Eggshells would be published: not knowing was liberating’
Authors and Editors: Caitriona Lally and her editor Zoë Jellicoe discuss with Sarah Bannan how Eggshells came together
The Book Club: An extract from Eggshells by Caitriona Lally
In the opening chapter we meet Vivan as she begins her daily exploration of Dublin
Caitriona Lally on writing Eggshells: from the dole to a debut novel
A first-time author’s compelling and frank account of the impact of losing a job and how the experience formed her as a writer
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