A Wiser Girl by Moya Roddy
It's 1975 and Jo Nowd is escaping to Italy with a suitcase full of paints and a broken heart. Working-class, feisty and sometimes inarticulate, she entertains wild dreams of becoming a great artist and a woman of the world, showing people back home, especially ex-flame Eamonn, exactly what she's capable of.
Jo's soul yearns for something deeper and her passionate love for the medieval art of Sienna leads her on a journey of discovery and a year of unexpected revelations.
Deceptively simple, yet profound and funny, a wiser girl is an original and fascinating read.
Roddy, Moya: - Having left school aged seventeen, Dubliner Moya Roddy went to art college as a night student. She continued to paint during a two-year stay in Italy before moving to London where she trained as a television director. Que Sera Sera which she wrote and directed won a Sony Award in 1984 and in1985 the British Film Institute commissioned her to write her first feature film. Several of her screenplays have been optioned in the United States and she's worked for Channel 4, BBC, Scottish Television and RTü¾Ž–Œ¼. On her return to Ireland she published a novel The Long Way Home (Attic Press) which was described in The Irish Times as 'simply brilliant'. Her collection of short stories Other People (Wordsonthestreet) was nominated for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and a radio play Dance Ballerina Dance was short-listed for the P J O'Connor Award and produced by RTü¾Ž–Œ¼. With her partner Pete Mullineaux she's co-written two plays for GYT and a radio play Butterfly Wings for RTü¾Ž–Œ¼. She did a Portfolio Course in art at GTI (2005) and was awarded an MA in Writing (Hons First Class) from NUIG in 2008. Her poetry was short-listed for the Hennessy Award and her debut collection Out of the Ordinary was short-listed for the Strong Shine Award in 2018. She also facilitates meditation at Brigit's Garden.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781907017599 |
| ISBN 10 | 1907017593 |
| Title | A Wiser Girl |
| Author | Moya Roddy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wordsonthestreet |
| Year published | 2020-11-23 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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