On My Bedside Table: Emily Hourican
Author and journalist Emily Hourican shares her reading habits and recommends two books: a biography of Eve Babitz by Lili Anolik and Elizabeth Bowen's debut novel, The Hotel. She reflects on her preference for abandoning books that do not capture her interest.
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This piece offers cultural insight into the literary preferences of a contemporary writer and highlights specific works of interest to readers.
Emily Hourican is a journalist and author of ten novels, including The Glorious Guinness Girls , The Kennedy Affair and The Privileged; non-fiction, How To Really Be A Mother , and a children’s book, Murder at the Ivy Hotel . Born in Belfast, she grew up in Brussels, before moving to Dublin in 1990. A House in Winter (Eriu) is out now.
“My bedside table is a mess of books. Some I have started and will go back to (I review books occasionally, as well as write them, and if something comes in that needs to be read fast, I drop everything else), others I have started and abandoned – no names! I no longer feel I have to finish every book I begin. Why would I, when there are so many interesting new ones all the time? Here are two I have recently read and loved.
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