Winner of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award
Nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
A Barnes and Noble Summer 2012 Discover Great New Writers Pick
“Malarky is a terrific read, a brilliant collision of heartbreak and hilarity written in a voice that somehow seems both feral and perfectly controlled. Anakana Schofield’s Our Woman takes a cool nod at Joyce, then goes her own way in one of the most moving and lyrical debut novels I’ve read.”—Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins
“A caustic, funny and moving fantasia of an Irish mammy going round the bend.”
—Emma Donoghue, author of ROOM
“Anakana Schofield is part of a new wave of wonderful Irish fiction—international in scope and electrically alive.”—Colum McCann
“Mid-guffaw you may find that you’ve taken it all most intensely to heart.” —Helen Oyeyemi, author of Mr Fox
CBC Books 10 Canadian Writers to Watch: 2012
Named on 16 Best Book of 2012 lists