Summary of the Book
A Girl is a Half-formed Thing allows readers experience the narrator’s world first-hand. It offers deep insight into the feelings, chaotic sexuality and vulnerability of an isolated protagonist. With its singular intensity, and an acute sensitivity with an edge of modern wit, the book has won several accolades, including the Goldsmiths Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, and the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction.
About Eimear McBride
Eimear McBride was born to Irish parents in Liverpool in 1976. She is a novelist who won the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize in 2013 among other awards for her debut novel – A Girl is a Half-formed Thing.
