A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

A Ghost in the Throat

Doireann Ní Ghríofa

185 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir poetry emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

When we first met, I was a child, and she had been dead for centuries.On discovering her murdered husband’s body, an eighteenth-century Irish noblewoman drinks handfuls of his blood and composes an extraordinary lament. Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill’s ...

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Moods

reflective 89%
emotional 75%
informative 36%
challenging 32%
dark 22%
inspiring 22%
mysterious 22%
sad 22%
hopeful 13%
adventurous 5%
tense 3%
funny 2%
relaxing 2%

Pace

slow 58%
medium 38%
fast 3%

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