Constellations - Reflections From Life

. Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2020 The Number One Irish Bestseller 'Utterly magnificent. Raw, thought-provoking and galvanising; this is a book every woman should read.' Eimear McBride, author of A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing. 'Outstanding . . . demands to be heard' Observer I have come to think of all the metal in my body as artificial stars, glistening beneath the skin, a constellation of old and new metal. A map, a tracing of connections and a guide to looking at things from different angles. How do you tell the story of a life in a body, as it goes through sickness, health, motherhood? How do you tell that story when you are not just a woman but a woman in Ireland? In the powerful and daring essays in Constellations Sinead Gleeson does that very thing. All of life is within these pages, from birth to first love, pregnancy to motherhood, terrifying sickness, old age and loss to death itself. Throughout this wide-ranging collection she also turns her restless eye outwards delving into work, art and our very ways of seeing. In the tradition of some of our finest life writers, and yet still in her own spirited, generous voice, Sinead takes us on a journey that is both uniquely personal and yet universal in its resonance. Here is the fierce joy and pain of being alive. 'An absolutely astonishing, brilliant and beautiful book.' Kate Mosse, author of The Burning Chambers 'Absolutely extraordinary and life-enhancing.' Daisy Buchanan, author of How to be Grown-up.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sinead Gleeson, Sinéad Gleeson
• Editore: Picador Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781509892730
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-9273-0
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 143 mm x 223 mm x 31 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Memoirs, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Autobiography: literary, Intergenerational Relationships, Gender studies: women, Intended primarily or specifically for women and/or girls, Gender studies: women and girls, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, Autobiography: writers, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, International Women’s Day