Needlework
No. of pages 224
Published: 2016
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A powerful and poetic novel from the multi-award-winning author of Tangleweed and Brine
Ces longs to be a tattoo artist and embroider skin with beautiful images. But for now she's just trying to reach adulthood without falling apart.
Powerful, poetic and disturbing, Needlework is a girl's meditation on her efforts to maintain her bodily and spiritual integrity in the face of abuse, violation and neglect.
`Reading Needlework is similar to getting your first tattoo - it's searing, often painful, but it is an experience you'll never forget.' - Louise O'Neill, author of The Surface Breaks and Asking For It
`Needlework is a powerful novel that deserves to be read.' - Sarah Crossan, author of One and We Come Apart
`I loved Deirdre Sullivan's Needlework, a novel that is just as sharp and precise as its title suggests.' - Doireann Ni Ghriofa, poet
`A modern, broken fairy tale that gets under your skin.' - Tara Flynn, author and comedian
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Children's Book Ireland Awards.
This book has been graded for interest at 15+ years.
There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Little Island .
Deirdre Sullivan is from Galway and is now living in Dublin, where she works as a teacher.
This book has been nominated for the following award:
Children's Book Ireland Awards
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Children's Book Ireland Awards.