WINNER OF THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES
FOLIO PRIZE 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE
YEAR 2020 AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT 2020 'Riveting... I was
exhilarated reading this' Roddy Doyle Sinead Hynes is a tough,
driven, funny young property developer with a terrifying secret.
No-one knows it: not her fellow patients in a failing hospital, and
certainly not her family. She has confided only in Google and a
shiny magpie. But she can't go on like this, tirelessly trying to
outstrip her past and in mortal fear of her future. Across the
ward, Margaret Rose is running her chaotic family from her
rose-gold Nokia. In the neighbouring bed, Jane, rarely but
piercingly lucid, is searching for a decent bra and for someone to
listen. Sinead needs them both. As You Were is about intimate
histories, institutional failures, the kindness of strangers, and
the darkly present past of modern Ireland. It is about women's
stories and women's struggles. It is about seizing the moment to be
free. Wildly funny, desperately tragic, inventive and
irrepressible, As You Were introduces a brilliant voice in Irish
fiction with a book that is absolutely of our times. 'Amazing...
Brimful of brilliant characters - I LOVED IT!' Marian Keyes 'The
diaologue just crackles, the characters are so alive and real,
there's tragedy here, there's comedy, there's everything' Donal
Ryan 'An absolutely fabulous book' Kevin Barry 'An absolute tour de
force: raw, sharp and wild' Lisa McInerney 'A superb, unforgettable
debut' Sinead Gleeson 'Funny and charming as well as dark and
strong' Sarah Moss 'Funny, visceral, so well observed... I was
blown away' Douglas Stuart **AN EVENING STANDARD, OBSERVER AND
DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**
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