A Ghost in the Throat Summary
Doireann Ní Ghríofa

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A Ghost in the Throat Overview

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. 

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