PositiveIrish Independent (IRE)\"The characters are well-developed, especially the father, the change-averse Mikey, her straight-talking friend Peanut, and her first love, the wolfishly handsome Fionn. Family and relationship dynamics are also skilfully portrayed. The problem was that I didn’t warm to Jeanie herself, finding her at times quite negative, prickly and indecisive. However, the gradual unravelling of the story kept me engaged to the end.
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Doireann Ní Ghríofa
RaveIrish Independent (IRE)Ní Ghríofa, a bilingual writer, brings all the linguistic clarity and precision of her poetry to this part-memoir, part-literary-mystery ... Equally interesting is the minute attention Ní Ghríofa pays to her own body, mapping the complications of pregnancy, a birth-tragedy narrowly averted, the whip-exhaustion of night feeds, the aversion to sex after giving birth, the glorious return of carnal desire. With luminous language and candid details, this book shimmers with honesty and scholarship. A truly original read.
