Kelly, Maeve - A Life of Her Own - Vintage Poolbeg PB - Short Stories 1979 ( Originally 1976 )

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A 1979 reprint of the 1976 short story collection from Maeve Kelly. Light tanning to page block, otherwise unmarked. 

MAEVE KELLY was born in Clare and raised in Dundalk. She studied nursing at St Andrew’s Hospital in London and settled in Limerick. She has broadcast with RTÉ, been a guest speaker at conferences and has written novels, short stories and poems, often dealing with women’s struggle for equal rights. These include A Life of Her Own (Poolbeg, 1976), Necessary Treasons (Michael Joseph, 1985), Florrie’s Girls (Blackstaff Press, 1989) and Orange Horses (Blackstaff  Press, 1990). She won the Hennessy Award in 1972 and in 1978 founded Adapt, a Limerick-based shelter for victims of domestic violence.