What happens when you no longer recognise the person you have become?

Eva has managed to spend her twenties successfully hiding from herself in New York. Attempting to write, but really only writing her epitaph, she returns to Ireland to confront the past that has made her what she is.

In prose that is hauntingly beautiful and delicate, Doreen Finn explores a truly complex and fascinating character with deft style and unflinching honesty.

Praise for My Buried Life

'There is a lovely flow to her writing... Finn is adept at creating memorable characters that act and speak in realistic ways' – The Irish Times

'beautifully written' - The Sunday Times

'Brave themes from worthy debut novel...Doreen Finn's delicate detail turns the everyday into something exquisite' – Irish Independent

'Doreen Finn has created a loaded pistol in Eva Perry, an embittered poet whose creative voice has been silenced ... Finn's language showers sparks as Eva confronts her own difficult nature and her family's clouded past' – Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander