Eggshells by Caitriona Lally

Eggshells by Caitriona Lally

--Irish Book of the Year Finalist
--An Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far pick

Wildly funny. --THE NEW YORK TIMES BOK REVIEW

Inventive, funny and, ultimately, moving. --Claire Kilroy, THE GUARDIAN

Vivian doesn't feel like she fits in--and never has. As a child, she was so whimsical that her parents told her she was left by fairies. Now, living alone in Dublin, she finds herself without a friend in the world.

So, she decides it's time to change her life: She begins by advertising for a friend. Not just any friend. She wants one named Penelope.

Meanwhile, Vivian roams the city, mapping out a new neighborhood every day, seeking her escape route to a better world, the other world her parents told her she came from.

And then one day someone named Penelope answers her ad for a friend. And from that moment on, Vivian's life begins to change.

Debut author Caitriona Lally offers readers an exhilaratingly fresh take on the Irish love for lyricism, humor, and inventive wordplay in a book that is, in itself, deeply charming, and deeply moving.

Lally, Caitriona: - Caitriona Lally studied English Literature in Trinity College Dublin. She has had a colourful employment history, working as an abstract writer and a copywriter alongside working as a home help in New York and an English teacher in Japan. She has travelled extensively around Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America. Her essay about Grangegorman appeared in a recent issue of We Are Dublin. Eggshells was selected as one of 12 finalists in the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair 2014.

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ISBN 13	9781612195971
ISBN 10	1612195970
Title	Eggshells
Author	Caitriona Lally
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Melville House Publishing
Year published	2017-03-14
Number of pages	288
Prizes	Short-listed for Irish Novel of the Year 2015
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.