A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing Summary
Eimear McBride

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A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing Summary

“A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing” is a young adult novel by Eimear McBride, which recounts the life of the unnamed narrator and her unnamed brother as he struggles with cancer, and she struggles with psychological, physical, and sexual abuse.

When the novel begins, the narrator’s brother has survived a cancerous brain tumor, and apart from bullying at school due to the scar on his head, the siblings seem to...

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