Bright I Burn

Molly Aitken

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English

Canongate
27 August 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared.

When a young Alice Kyteler sees her mother wither under the constraints of family responsibilities, she vows that she won't suffer the same fate. Soon Alice discovers she has a flair for making money, and builds a flourishing business. But as her wealth and stature grow, so too do the rumours about her private life. By the time she has moved on to her fourth husband, a blaze of local gossip and resentment culminates in an accusation that could prove fatal.

Inspired by the first recorded person in Ireland to have been condemned as a witch, Bright I Burn gives voice to a woman lost to history, who dared to carve her own space in a man's world.

By: Molly Aitken
Imprint: Canongate
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9781786898388
ISBN 10: 1786898381
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 27 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Molly Aitken was born in Scotland in 1991 and brought up in Ireland. Her writing is inspired by the wild coasts and rolling hills of the country she loves. Her short fiction has appeared in Ploughshares and Banshee, and has been dramatised for BBC Radio 4. Her debut, The Island Child, was longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. @MollyAitken1 | @molly.aitken

Reviews for Bright I Burn

Praise for The Island Child: An exquisite debut from an exciting new voice in Irish fiction * * Daily Telegraph * * A thrillingly original debut, and I can't wait to see what Aitken does next -- NAOISE DOLAN It's a rare pleasure to come across quite such an accomplished novel . . . This is a work positively brimming with pathos and emotion, articulated in truly exquisite prose -- NATHAN FILER A haunting tale about the power and danger in a mother's love * * Irish Times * * The joy of this book is in Aitken's prose, which is exquisite . . . Aitken is an exciting new voice in Irish literature * * Irish Independent * * Aitken brings a gut-pummelling mix of folklore, feminism and psychological trauma to her wild debut tale of mothers impelled to take out on their daughters the sins committed against them * * Daily Mail * *