Blunt Trauma (eBOOK)

"Ivy Bannister wakes us from our desensitised world of 24-hour media coverage. With its grief, its unflinching honesty and its wry humour, Blunt Trauma brings the public event back into the private experience in a remarkable work of literature." — Dublin Xtra

"The detail of Patty's violent death are disturbing enough... but Bannister's account of its aftermath, in which she takes a long hard look at her relationships with her difficult and demanding mother, and her trouble sister, is very more affecting." — Books Ireland

"With its grief, its unflinching honesty, and its wry humour, Blunt Trauma brings the public event back into private experience in a remarkable work of literature." — Liz McManus

Ivy Bannister is a story-writer, playwright and novelist. She grew up in New York City and currently lives in Dublin, Ireland. She is the author of two story collections, Magician and Other Stories and The Wild Circus Show. Her stories have also been widely anthologized and broadcast by RTÉ (Ireland's Public Service Broadcaster) and the BBC, and she is a contributor to Sunday Miscellany (Dublin). She is a lecturer on literature and drama, and she has facilitated writers' workshops for Dublin's Writers Center, the Global Women's Network and the Verbal Arts Centre. She recently received the Hennessy Award and the Mobil Ireland Playwriting Award.