Unholy Ghosts

by Ita Daly

Narrator Belle picks through the clues of her colourful youth in Ireland, to try to find the key to the catastrophe that lays ahead of her. As she seeks to be the "standard issue little Irish girl", she undergoes her own political and sentimental education amid the turbulent changes of the times.

Paperback

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

Ita Daly's short stories have won the Hennessy Literary Award and the Irish Times short story competition, and are collected in The Lady with the Red Shoes (1980). Her novels include Unholy Ghosts (1997), All Fall Down (1992), Dangerous Fictions (1991), A Singular Attraction (1987) and Ellen (1986). She has written two books for children, Candy on the Dart (1989) and Candy and Sharon Olé (1991). She was married to the author David Marcus until his death in 2009. She currently lives in Dublin.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another book written partly in the present and partly the past. A good read, a romance, some consideration of migration, fitting in to new societies, prejudice and treatment of mental health.