O’Sullivan’s follow-up to ‘Poor’, her bestselling 2023 memoir, may not be as essential – but it’s a searingly honest account of the author’s lifelong struggle with her traumatised body
Great insight: Katriona O’Sullivan. Photo: Frank McGrath
Following up a critically acclaimed, commercially successful memoir can be a tricky undertaking for any author.
If the sequel covers the same events as the previous book, then readers are inclined to wonder if they are being offered up scraps of narrative which didn’t make it into the original volume, rather than unique content.