Description
“Searingly honest, staggeringly jaw dropping but, like Rosita’s award-winning journalism, human to the core and ultimately redemptive.”
— Joe Duffy
In this disarmingly candid portrayal of her turbulent upbringing and a marriage marked by abuse and frequent infidelity, Rosita Sweetman refuses to succumb to the least self-pity but tells her story with a dispassionate, piercing humour that readers will find irresistible.
Set against the backdrop of mid-20th century Ireland, Sweetman’s narrative weaves through the idyllic yet troubled early years, the heart-wrenching loss of her sister Cathy and its devastating effect on her parents’ relationship, and the harrowing experiences of boarding school. Delving into the darkest corners of her troubled marriage and her husband’s affairs, she tells how she finally managed to break free and begin on her own journey to self-discovery.
A writer and a feminist, Rosita Sweetman has published four books: On our Knees (1972), Fathers Come First (1974), On Our Backs (1979), and Feminism Backwards 2020. The long publishing hiatus will become clear when you read A Girl with a Fork in a World of Soup. She loves the world. She sincerely wishes the Stupid Billionaire White Men would stop trying to destroy it.