It made Edna laugh, and she laughed, too, at the portrait in his first long trousers; while another interested her, taken when he left for college, looking thin, long-faced, with eyes full of fire ...

Edna was the youngest of four children ... O’Shea and editor Gretta Ohle weave the writer’s life into an enthralling portrait that gives O’Brien the recognition she deserves.

The 93-year-old Irish author, who passed away in July, is the subject of a straightforward portrait with lyrical touches, featuring final interviews with O'Brien, as well as those who knew her.

NEW YORK (AP) — Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride ... Admirers were as caught up in their defiance and awakening as would-be censors were enraged by such passages as “He opened ...