Savage Her Reply - YA Book of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2020

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Tangleweed and Brine
The Children of Lir

Product details

  • ISBN 9781912417674
  • Dimensions: 150 x 230mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Sep 2021
  • Publisher: Little Island
  • Publication City/Country: IE
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Age Group: Ages 12+
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Winner: YA Book of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2020 Winner: Book of the Year, KPMG-Children's Books Ireland Awards 2021 A dark, feminist retelling of The Children of Lir by the author of the multi-award-winning Tangleweed and Brine 'Breathes new life into the Irish legend of the Children of Lir.' The Obrsever 'Saturated with the power of Sullivan’s lyrical prose.’ The Guardian A retelling of the favourite Irish fairytale The Children of Lir. Aife marries Lir, a chieftain with four children by his previous wife. Jealous of his affection for his children, the witch Aife turns them into swans for 900 years. Retold through the voice of Aife, Savage Her Reply is unsettling and dark, feminist and fierce, yet nuanced in its exploration of the guilt of a complex character. A dark & witchy feminist retelling from the author of Tangleweed and Brine
Deirdre Sullivan, from Galway in the West of Ireland, is one of the UK and Ireland's most distinctive YA voices. Her hugely acclaimed Tangleweed and Brine, a collection of feminist retellings of classic fairytales, won Young Adult Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2017, the Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Award 2018 and the Irish Times Ticket Reader's Choice Award for YA Fiction.