Description
SKIN is an honest, self-aware, at times funny story, of a young woman who is deeply uncomfortable in her own skin. Self-loathing and ill-at-ease with herself and her place in the world, through her encounters and experiences overseas she metamorphoses into a more confident, assured individual.
About the Author
Elizabeth Reapy is an Irish author and tutor. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Queen's University, Belfast and is currently a Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Writer-In-Residence. Her debut novel, Red Dirt, won a Irish Book Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
Reviews
Engrossing... Unvarnished, wry and almost wincingly clear-eyed, the narrative covers acres of emotional terrain - from comedy, to tragedy, and the churned-up borderlands in between' * Daily Mail *
As in her debut, [E.M. Reapy] is excellent on writing foreign locations and cultures * Irish Times *
From the first page, it's obvious that the reader is in good hands... The early chapters of Skin capture vividly the alienation of being adrift in a foreign place, unable to assess situations' * Irish Daily Mail *
Reapy touches on an interesting topic - the tyranny of the wellness industry * TLS *
Book Information
ISBN 9781789540963
Author E.M. Reapy
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Head of Zeus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC