Everything you need to understand or teach A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa's first-person narrative, A Ghost in the Throat, is a genre bending novel that follows the life of a young mother as she raises her children and researches the life of the Irish poet Eibhlín Dubh. The novel's setting oscillates between twenty-first century and eighteenth-century Ireland. Ní Ghríofa explores themes of motherhood, sacrifice, and identity, amongst others.