WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZEKERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDWINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZEEimear Mc Bride's award-winning debut novel tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother & the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour It is a shocking & intimate insight into the thoughts feelings & chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable & isolated protagonist To read A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing is to plunge inside its narrator's head experiencing her world at first hand This isn't always comfortable
- but it is always a revelation