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friendship
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read in english
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irish literature
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women
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sexual freedom
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struggle of life
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feminist
Living in the post World War II Catholic Ireland, Baba has a brother and a beautiful mother who encourages her to use her beauty as a tool to get her way. Kate is more discreet, secretly longing for love but terrified by her alcoholic father at home. Competitive friends, the two girls will struggle to make their own way of life, away from their judmental neighbours, and up to the capital.
Edna O'Brien talked about female sexual freedom during a time where it was strictly forbidden by the Irish society. Her book was censured and burnt by priests. Her feminist legacy lives on today despite censureship.
A
magnificent trilogy
Une belle trilogie
Living in the post World War II Catholic Ireland, Baba has a brother and a beautiful mother who encourages her to use her beauty as a tool to get her way. Kate is more discreet, secretly longing for love but terrified by her alcoholic father at home. Competitive friends, the two girls will struggle to make their own way of life, away from their judmental neighbours, and up to the capital.
Edna O'Brien talked about female sexual freedom during a time where it was strictly forbidden by the Irish society. Her book was censured and burnt by priests. Her feminist legacy lives on today despite censureship.
A magnificent trilogy