The Cork author has written a liberating post-break-up memoir but admits sharing her private life is something she has become less comfortable with. Here, she talks about her 17-year battle with an eating disorder, the return of unrealistic beauty ideals, and turning a feeling of failure into her biggest adventure yet
Louise O’Neill. Photo: Clare Keogh
Growing up in Clonakilty in west Cork, Louise O’Neill had one dream as a young child: to be a famous actor.
“I wonder why I wanted to be famous,” she muses now, as we sit across from each other in The Pavilion cafe in Cork.