01243cam a2200193 4500 771814370 TxAuBib 20210715120000.0 210616s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781771964111 PAP 16.95 1771964111 PAP 16.95 TxAuBib N̕ Ghr̕ofa, Doireann. A Ghost in the Throat [Book] / Doireann N̕ Ghr̕ofa. Consortium Book Sales & Dist, 2021. 326 p. A true original. In this stunningly unusual prose debut, Doireann Ni Ghriofa sculpts essay and autofiction to explore inner life and the deep connection felt between two writers centuries apart. In the 1700s, an Irish noblewoman, on discovering her husband has been murdered, drinks handfuls of his blood and composes an extraordinary poem. In the present day, a young mother narrowly avoids tragedy. On encountering the poem, she becomes obsessed with its parallels with her own life, and sets out to track down the rest of the story. A devastating and timeless tale about one woman freeing her voice by reaching into the past and finding another's. 20210715.