Hungry

Soaring with compassion, intelligence and hard-won wisdom, this standout book confirms that O’Sullivan is arguably Ireland’s most important contemporary voice. * LOUISE KENNEDY, author of Trespasses *
One of the most remarkable people you will ever meet. * Guardian *
Utterly compelling, deeply moving and brilliantly written, Hungry is a raw, insightful look at women’s complex relationship with their bodies. Every woman needs to read this book. Every man needs to read this book. * EDEL COFFEY, author of In Her Place *
Moving, uplifting, brave, heroic. * Nuala McGovern, Woman’s Hour, BBC *
O’Sullivan is such a vivid, empathetic storyteller who writes so beautifully not just about the correlation between the body and poverty and abuse, but the intersection between sex, body image, culture and dieting. I doubt there’s a woman alive who won’t immediately see herself in these pages. * TANYA SWEENEY, journalist and author of Esther is Now Following You *
Hungry is more than a book: it’s a song, a map, a journey. Amazing. I couldn’t put it down. * ELAINE FEENEY, author of As You Were *
A beautiful telling of determination despite the odds. * Irish Times *
Hungry is a raw and brutal account of one woman’s battle with her own body, as profound and honest as anything I have ever read. * LIZ NUGENT, author of Strange Sally Diamond *
Raw and remarkable. * Irish Independent *

Dr Katriona O’Sullivan is a professor of psychology and the bestselling author of Poor, winner of Biography of the Year and Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. The memoir has been translated into seven languages, adapted into a sold-out play at Dublin’s Gate Theatre, and remained in Ireland’s top-ten nonfiction chart for two years. A regular commentator on the BBC and across Irish and international media, she has spoken at Westminster, the UN and UNESCO.

Born in Coventry to Irish parents, her early life was marked by poverty, addiction, teenage pregnancy and homelessness. In 1998 she moved to Dublin, where she entered Trinity College through the access programme and went on to earn a PhD in psychology. Now a professor at Maynooth University, she directs the National Centre for Inclusive Higher Education and leads the award-winning STEM Passport for Inclusion, which has supported over 10,000 young people from underserved communities into higher education and high-status careers.

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