Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion: Coming-of-age tale with the plot and energy of a thriller

Ruth Gilligan

Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion: Coming-of-age tale with the plot and energy of a thriller

Ruth Gilligan

Film and Creative Writing

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

Review of literary thriller by major Irish-American author

Original language	English
Type	Article for Irish Independent Newspaper
Media of output	Text - Online
Publisher	Independent News & Media plc
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2023

Publication series

Name	Irish Independent
Publisher	Independent News & Media plc
ISSN (Print)	0791-6841

Keywords

Irish literature
Irish fiction
Contemporary fiction
Women's Writing

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https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/tell-me-what-i-am-by-una-mannion-coming-of-age-tale-with-the-plot-and-energy-of-a-thriller/a311379024.html

7 Book/Film/Article review
2 Other contribution
1 Book
1 Chapter

Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell review – a tense portrait of coercive control
Gilligan, R., 9 Jan 2025, The Guardian Online.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
The Dinner Party by Viola van de Sandt - a formidable debut
Gilligan, R., 19 Nov 2025, The Guardian Online.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review

Open Access
Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey review – the Irish diaspora
Gilligan, R., 29 Aug 2024, The Guardian Online.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes review – follow your own path
Gilligan, R., 25 Apr 2024, The Guardian Online.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
‘The Women We Become After Children’: Palimpsests of the City and the Self in Maggie O'Farrell's The Hand That First Held Mine
Gilligan, R., 25 Jan 2024, Maggie O'Farrell: Contemporary Critical Perspectives. Canning, E. (ed.). 1 ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 31-45 14 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Does Paul Lynch’s Booker-longlisted Prophet Song live up to the hype? The author’s fifth novel is a devastating portrait of a totalitarian Ireland
Gilligan, R., 19 Aug 2023, Independent News & Media plc.
Research output: Other contribution

Open Access
Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong: Heartbreaking, salt-drenched story of the chances we miss
Gilligan, R., 27 May 2023, Irish Independent.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review

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Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion: Coming-of-age tale with the plot and energy of a thriller

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Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell review – a tense portrait of coercive control

The Dinner Party by Viola van de Sandt - a formidable debut

Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey review – the Irish diaspora

The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes review – follow your own path

‘The Women We Become After Children’: Palimpsests of the City and the Self in Maggie O'Farrell's The Hand That First Held Mine

Does Paul Lynch’s Booker-longlisted Prophet Song live up to the hype? The author’s fifth novel is a devastating portrait of a totalitarian Ireland

Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong: Heartbreaking, salt-drenched story of the chances we miss

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