Tatty (Shortlisted For The Irish Book Awards Novel Of The Ye

Description:
Tragic, funny and utterly unsentimental, Christine Dwyer Hickey's 'Tatty' is a devastating, affecting journey into the mind of a child. With the brutal clarity and touching honesty of a child, 'Tatty' tells the story of her alcoholic family. The result is a stunning portrait of a disintegrating family and the child lost within it.

Review:
'A bare, lyrical story of a Dublin childhood that will rank among the very best of Irish books this year. It's not easy to make writing seem this simple. Like all good stories, it never judges itself, and so it remains open, charming, dignified, even when the subject matter drifts towards the harrowing. A really fine book, evocative of a not-so-distant past.' Colum McCann. 'Christine Dwyer Hickey's fourth novel, Tatty, beautiful and heartbreaking, confirms that her skills are perfected, and her exceptional talent is far from exhausted.' Sunday Independent.

Author Biography:
Christine Dwyer Hickey is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer. Twice winner of the Listowel Writers Week short-story competition, she was also a prize-winner in the prestigious Observer/ Penguin short-story competition. Her best-selling novel Tatty was short-listed for the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Award and long-listed for the Orange Prize. A screenplay, No Better Man, has been adapted for television. New Island has recently re-issued her Dublin Trilogy, The Dancer, The Gambler and The Gatemaker to critical acclaim.