Edna OBrien Fearful and Fearless

Edna OBrien is one of the greatest literary talents and rule breakers of her generation In 1960 her revolutionary debut novel The Country Girls broke down social and sexual barriers for women and was subsequently banned in her native country of Ireland The awrdwinning OBrien continues to produce some of the most urgent work of her unparalleled career with her eighteenth novel Girl a searing story inspired by the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram to be published later this year In this honest and engaging documentary Edna OBrien reflects on her remarkable and ongoing writing life interwoven with actors who perform extracts from her novels and rare family archive footage