{"product_id":"a-girl-is-a-half-formed-thing-by-eimear-mcbride-9781922182234","title":"A Girl is a Half-formed Thing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, United Kingdom, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Goldsmiths Prize, United Kingdom, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, Ireland, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Desmond Elliott Prize, United Kingdom, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted, Folio Prize, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted, Guardian First Book Award, United Kingdom, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis incredible debut novel tells, with astonishing insight and in brutal detail, the story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNot so much a stream of consciousness, as an unconscious railing against a life that makes little sense, it offers a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings, and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable and isolated protagonist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo read \u003cem\u003eA Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing\u003c\/em\u003e is to plunge inside its narrator's head, experiencing her world first-hand. This isn't always comfortable, but it is always a revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTouching on everything from family violence to sexuality and the personal struggle to remain intact in times of intense trauma, McBride writes with singular intensity, acute sensitivity, and mordant wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Girl is a Half-formed Thing\u003c\/em\u003e is moving, funny, and alarming. It is a book you will never forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494337073388,"sku":"9781922182234","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10233463482872.jpg?v=1748452902","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/a-girl-is-a-half-formed-thing-by-eimear-mcbride-9781922182234","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}