CAITRÍONA LALLY is the recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature (2018) and a Lannan Fellowship for Fiction (2019). In October 2021, she was announced as the inaugural Rooney Writer Fellow at Trinity Long Room Hub. Her first novel, Eggshells, was published in the US by Melville House (2017) and in the UK by Borough Press (2018). Caitríona lives in Dublin and divides her time between her young children, writing and working in the housekeeping department at Trinity College Dublin. Her second novel, Wunderland, was published in 2021 by New Island Books and Home Economics is her first memoir.

But, for me, this book goes far beyond memoir. It is social commentary. It is a reflection on womanhood, work, and motherhood, all wrapped up in a beautifully written, self-deprecating account of Lally’s life as a cleaner in Trinity.

CAITRÍONA LALLY is the recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature (2018) and a Lannan Fellowship for Fiction (2019). In October 2021, she was announced as the inaugural Rooney Writer Fellow at Trinity Long Room Hub. Her first novel, Eggshells, was published in the US by Melville House (2017) and in the UK by Borough Press (2018). Caitríona lives in Dublin and divides her time between her young children, writing and working in the housekeeping department at Trinity College Dublin. Her second novel, Wunderland, was published in 2021 by New Island Books and Home Economics is her first memoir.

But, for me, this book goes far beyond memoir. It is social commentary. It is a reflection on womanhood, work, and motherhood, all wrapped up in a beautifully written, self-deprecating account of Lally’s life as a cleaner in Trinity.

CAITRÍONA LALLY is the recipient of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature (2018) and a Lannan Fellowship for Fiction (2019). In October 2021, she was announced as the inaugural Rooney Writer Fellow at Trinity Long Room Hub. Her first novel, Eggshells, was published in the US by Melville House (2017) and in the UK by Borough Press (2018). Caitríona lives in Dublin and divides her time between her young children, writing and working in the housekeeping department at Trinity College Dublin. Her second novel, Wunderland, was published in 2021 by New Island Books and Home Economics is her first memoir.

But, for me, this book goes far beyond memoir. It is social commentary. It is a reflection on womanhood, work, and motherhood, all wrapped up in a beautifully written, self-deprecating account of Lally’s life as a cleaner in Trinity.