Book review: Touching memoir of EB sufferer’s life

When she was born, Emma’s parents were told she wouldn’t survive infancy yet, despite countless obstacles, aged 41, she is now the oldest Irish person living with butterfly skin
Book review: Touching memoir of EB sufferer’s life

Emma Fogarty with one of one of her most supportive friends, Colin Farrell, at the premiere of 'The Banshees of Inisherin' at the Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin, in 2022. File picture: Andres Poveda

Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 - 01:00
Tina Neylon

  • Being Emma 
  • Emma Fogarty 
  • Merrion Press, €15.99 

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