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The Country Girls: Three Novels and an Epilogue: (The Country Girl; The Lonely Girl; Girls in Their Married Bliss; Epilogue)

By Edna O'Brien, Eimear McBride (Introduction)
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By Edna O'Brien, Eimear McBride (Introduction)
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If you're new to the work of Edna O'Brien or a fan of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels, don't miss this trio of stories about Irish women's lives. O'Brien's incisive character portraits, relentless honesty and beautiful sentences — inspired by Virginia Woolf and James Joyce — have inspired countless writers, including Colm Tóibín.

A treasure of world literature back in print, featuring a new introduction by Eimear McBride

This omnibus edition includes the novels The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl, and Girls in Their Married Bliss.

The country girls are Caithleen “Kate” Brady and Bridget “Baba” Brennan, and their story begins in the repressive atmosphere of a small village in the west of Ireland in the years following World War II. Kate is a romantic, looking for love; Baba is a survivor. Setting out to conquer the br...

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