![]() ![]() She also wrote Tangleweed & Brine last year. Not for the faint-hearted, but a fabulous read for young adult and adult. 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. Jealous of his affection for his children, the witch Aife turns them into swans for 900 years. She is lyrical, poetic and thoroughly intoxicating.' Juno Dawson, author of Wonderland'Unsettling, haunting, and darkly lyrical, Savage Her Reply is a beautiful thing.' Louise O'Neill, author of After The SilenceA retelling of the favourite Irish fairytale The Children of Lir.Īife marries Lir, a chieftain with four children by his previous wife. 'No-one else writes like Deirdre Sullivan. Savage Her Reply, by Deirdre Sullivan (paperback 2021) £9.99Ī dark, feminist retelling of The Children of Lir told in Sullivan's hypnotic prose. ![]()
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