Book review: Distinctive new voice in riveting stories

Maggie Armstrong’s debut collection of linked stories follows Margaret, an aspiring writer, from her loss of virginity to her life as a mother in a distant Dublin suburb
Book review: Distinctive new voice in riveting stories

Maggie Armstrong’s 'Old romantics' is top-quality auto-fiction.

Sat, 27 Apr, 2024 - 01:00
Alannah Hopkin

  • Old Romantics 
  • Maggie Armstrong 
  • Tramp Press, €16 

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