''Country Girl'' is the

memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobi ...

Edna O'Brien Josephine Edna O'Brien (born 15 December 1930) is an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Elected to Aosdána by her fellow artists, she was honoured with the title Saoi in 2015 and the "UK and Ireland Nobel" D ...

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published it in 2012. The title refers to her

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The Country Girls ''The Country Girls'' is a trilogy by Irish author Edna O'Brien. It consists of three novels: ''The Country Girls'' (1960), ''The Lonely Girl (''1962), and '' Girls in Their Married Bliss'' (1964). The trilogy was re-released in 1986 in a single ...

'', which was banned, burned and denounced upon publication. ''Country Girl''s cover is a reprint of the photograph used for O'Brien's 1965 novel '' August Is a Wicked Month''. ''

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'' said the book "reveal a brave, beautiful and sometimes helpless woman on her journey from repression to creative freedom." It won in the Irish Non-Fiction Book category at the 2012

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''Country Girl'' by Edna O'Brien – review: The taboo-breaking, the men, the fabulous prose – there's no one like Edna O'Brien; 12 October 2012, Anne Enright, ''The Guardian''

''Country Girl'' – Edna O'Brien's New Memoir, Sheila Langan, April / May 2013

The art of becoming Edna O'Brien, 26 April 2013, Charles McNulty, ''Los Angeles Times''
2012 non-fiction books Irish memoirs Literary memoirs Works by Edna O'Brien Faber and Faber books {{Memoir-stub