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I have come to think of all the metallic in my body as artificial superstars, glistening under the pores and skin, a constellation of old and new metal. A map, a tracing of cable connections and a guide to taking a look at stuff from different sides.

How do you tell the story of a lifestyle inside a body, since it runs on the subject of Constellations: Reflections From Life through sickness, wellness, motherhood? How will you inform that story when you are not really a woman but a female in Ireland? In the powerful and daring essays in Constellations Sinéad Gleeson will that very issue. All of life is at these webpages, from delivery to first like, pregnancy to motherhood, terrifying sickness, old age and loss to death itself. Throughout this wide-ranging collection she also turns her restless eye outwards delving into function, artwork and our extremely ways of viewing. In the custom of a few of our finest existence writers, and yet still in her very own spirited, generous voice, Sinéad takes us on a journey that’s both distinctively personal yet universal in its resonance. This is actually the fierce joy and discomfort of being alive.

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