A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2014 | Winner |
| Desmond Elliott Prize | 2014 | Winner |
About This Book
Eimear McBride's debut novel — written in six months but held for a decade by publishers — narrates the inner life of a young Irish woman growing up in the shadow of her brother's brain tumour and a family defined by Catholicism, silence, and violence. Written in a shattered, pre-verbal stream of consciousness that anticipates Joyce and Beckett, it won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction in 2014.
About the Author
Eimear McBride is an Irish novelist born in Liverpool in 1976 and raised in the west of Ireland. Her debut novel A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing was written over six months in 2004 but took a decade to find a publisher, eventually appearing with small press Galley Beggar in 2013. It went on to win the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, the Desmond Elliott Prize, and the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction in 2014. Read more →
