Savage Her Reply (Hardback) Deirdre Sullivan (author), Karen Vaughan (illustrator)

A dark, feminist retelling of The Children of Lir told in Sullivan’s hypnotic prose.

Aife marries Lir, a chieftain with four children by his previous wife. Jealous of his affection for his children, the witch Aife turns them into swans for 900 years.

Retold through the voice of Aife, Savage Her Reply is unsettling and dark, feminist and fierce, yet nuanced in its exploration of the guilt of a complex character. A dark & witchy feminist retelling from the author of Tangleweed and Brine.