The Country Girls - O'Brien Edna

'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose–there's no one like Edna O'Brien.' Anne Enright 'Surprising and beautiful and courageous . . . A beacon.' Megan Nolan We want to live. Drink gin. Squeeze into the front of big cars and drive up outside big hotels. We want to go places.Caithleen is a romantic: she dreams of finding a handsome man who will sweep her away and look after her. Her friend Baba thinks this makes her a right-looking eejit. What she wants is money and glamour. Life. As much of it... Zobrazit více