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It is a terrific achievement by a terrific writer' * Frank McGuinness *

I congratulate her on a most moving, and indeed necessary book. She will deliver the truth as her story tells it, and in doing so, pay searing testimony to the Giffords' lives. It is a mark of her moral honesty that Marita Conlon-McKenna does not run from such difficult confusions and conclusions. In the violent times of its setting there can be no losers nor winners, only those who survive and those who do not. There is such a story to tell, and the author skilfully handles her considerable amount of research' * Irish Mail on Sunday * 'What is most admirable, most brave about Rebel Sisters, is that Marita Conlon-McKenna has dared to write a book that lacks a hero or heroine. Engrossing' * Irish Sunday Times * 'Finally, women are being written back into the history of awakening. It's simply a gripping read' * Irish Independent * 'A deft retelling of the story. To tell a tale where the ending is already known and yet hold the reader spellbound throughout is an admirable trait in a writer, and Conlon-McKenna has accomplished this tricky manoeuvre beautifully.

Her attention to historical detail is meticulous, her prose is easy and fluid. As painful as the story of these three sisters is, it is told with a light and deft hand. 'Conlon-McKenna's marvellous book could not be more timely.

Rebel Sisters by Marita Conlon-McKenna