Happy publication day to I Want to Know That I Will Be Okay by Deirdre Sullivan
I Want to Know That I Will Be Okay, the stunning literary fiction debut by the immensely talented Deirdre Sullivan, is out now! Available now from all good bookshops, our online shop, and the beautiful yellow hardback edition is available exclusively from Kennys.ie.
We’ve had to postpone our online launch in conjunction with West Cork Literary Festival, but hope to reschedule in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
In the meantime, for a taste of the collection, read ‘Black Spot’ which originally appeared in Banshee issue #3 – or check out what some wonderful people have been saying about the book …
“So dark and deep and visceral and brilliant ... the collection just pulses with mysterious, magical feminine energy. She conveys our power, our complicated route to it and its essential slipperiness.”
“A wonderfully strange and visceral collection, these stories are both exquisite and fantastically unnerving. Sullivan is a uniquely talented writer, who has here woven together uncanny tales of the body, of Ireland, of femaleness, and of the slow and silent degradation so often inherent in human relationships.”
“Lusciously strange and deeply human, these are stories that linger long after the final sentence. A rich, vibrant and deeply imaginative collection.”
“Sullivan creates a relatable world which – on the surface – looks like ours. But it is filled with short, sharp shocks and bittersweet surprises. Haunted bodies, houses, minds. Such brilliantly skilful storytelling; you barely notice you’re being led into the dark, until it’s too late. ”
“As macabre as Roald Dahl at his finest, Deirdre Sullivan’s collection of short stories is an eerie, uncanny thing. Beautiful and haunting in equal measures.”
