Book description
Dublin. Midsummer. While absent in New York, the celebrated actor
Molly Fox has loaned her house to a playwright friend, who is
struggling to write a new work. Over the course of this, the longest
day of the year, the playwright reflects upon her own life, Molly's,
and that of their mutual friend Andrew, whom she has known since
university. Why does Molly never celebrate her own birthday, which
falls upon this day? What does it mean to be a playwright or an actor?
How have their relationships evolved over the course of many years?
Molly Fox's Birthday calls into question the ideas that we hold about
who we are; and shows how the past informs the present in ways we
might never have imagined.
Deirdre Madden is from Toomebridge, Co. Antrim. Her novels include
The Birds of Innocent Wood, Nothing is Black, One by One in the
Darkness, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and Authenticity.
Her most recent novel is Molly Fox's Birthday. She teaches at Trinity
College, Dublin and is a member of the Irish Arts Academy Aosdana.
