Everything you need to understand or teach The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan.
In Donal Ryan's novel The Queen of Dirt Island, Saoirse lives in a bungalow in rural Ireland with her mother Eileen and grandmother Nana. As Saoirse comes of age, she begins to question the world that her mother and grandmother have presented to her in their stories. When she gets pregnant as a teenager, Saoirse begins to question the exact shape of her longings and desires, her past and her future. Written from the third person point of view, the novel explores themes including identity, mystery, and loneliness.
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