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The Wardrobe Department
- Author
- Elaine Garvey
- Narrator
- Denise Gough
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 18 May 2000
- Run Time
- 5 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
‘Beautifully written’ LOUISE KENNEDY
‘Full of verve and wit and humanity’ MARY COSTELLO
‘Clever and original’ TLS
‘A tremendous new talent’ KEVIN BARRY
Mairéad works tirelessly in a run-down West End theatre’s wardrobe department – mending shoes, fixing broken zips and even handwashing underwear. She must also sidestep groping hands backstage and withstand the relentless bullying of the show’s producer.
The job was meant to be the first step towards the life Mairéad has always wanted, and yet half of her remains back home in Ireland, along with everything she abandoned there.
A reckoning with the past is coming and, with it, the need to forge a new present – one stitch at a time.
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Details
- Author
- Elaine Garvey
- Narrator
- Denise Gough
- Duration
- 5 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 May 2000
- ISBN
- 9781837260201
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Performing arts: costume / props, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
AN IRISH TIMES DEBUT AUTHOR TO LOOK OUT FOR 2025‘Beautifully written’ LOUISE KENNEDY‘Full of verve and wit and humanity’ MARY COSTELLO‘Clever and original’ TLS‘A tremendous new talent’ KEVIN BARRY Mairéad works tirelessly in a run-down West End theatre’s wardrobe department – mending shoes, fixing broken zips and even handwashing underwear. She must also sidestep groping hands backstage and withstand the relentless bullying of the show’s producer.The job was meant to be the first step towards the life Mairéad has always wanted, and yet half of her remains back home in Ireland, along with everything she abandoned there. A reckoning with the past is coming and, with it, the need to forge a new present – one stitch at a time.
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