Molly Furey: 'Edna O'Brien was never really convinced that Ireland had changed. Neither am I'
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The acclaimed writer became a symbol of a transformed Ireland - but she also refused to accept that Ireland could ever stop transforming.
Reading The Country Girls is a rite of passage for any Irish woman. I first encountered the trilogy as a record of a vanishing past. Times had changed - and the books were a warning to be grateful for the extent to which they had.
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