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Letting contradictions sit with you makes life more interesting, opens up the world a bit more
Sarah Moss: I know several men whose terror is just as deep and abject as my own but they lost their permission to be scared when they started primary school
Sarah Moss: Naturally I have views, mostly of the sort you’d probably expect from a bike-riding vegetarian feminist academic, but I’m certain about very few of them
I wouldn’t have the time, people say, usually while they sit beside me with hands at rest or on their phones
A memoir of Freeman’s anorexia in adolescence and early adulthood, told with energy and sadness
A novel that whirls us through interior narratives and households of characters from across the social spectrum
Book review: Helen Mort explores risk-taking, gender, rock climbing and motherhood
Historical fiction carries its echoing questions about art and war with grace
Book review: Drama swirls around family trying to free themselves of Mammy’s influence
Book review: Luke Cassidy keeps a tight control on this story of crime and romance
Book review: Stephen Walsh’s stories are intimate studies of unspoken fear, longing and love
This non-linear novel centres on lives destroyed by Bessborough House in Cork
Book review: Eimear Ryan’s stylish debut is about filling in the gaps in family history
Book review: Rónán Hession creates a natural successor to Leonard and Hungry Paul
Book review: Deirdre Sullivan’s short stories are creepy and cleverly paced