First published in Great Britain in 2018
by Carcanet Press Limited Alliance House, 30 Cross Street
Manchester m2 7aq
Text copyright © Martina Evans, 2018. The right of Martina Evans to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted byher in accordance with the
Copyright, Designs & Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved.
A cip catalogue record for this book is available from
the British Library, isbn 9781784105785.
The publisher acknowledges financial assistance
from Arts Council England.
T An earlier version of the first eight monologues appeared in The Stinging Fly 33:2 (Spring 2016). The author acknowledges
the invaluable support of The Royal LiteraryFund.
This book would never have been written without
the inspiration & help of Louise Ryan in its
earlystages twentyyears ago.
