The Joyce Girl

Paris, 1928. Avant-garde Paris is buzzing with the latest ideas in art, music and literature from artists such as Ford Madox Ford and Zelda Fitzgerald. Lucia, the talented and ambitious daughter of controversial genius James Joyce, is making her name as a dancer. But when Lucia falls passionately in love with budding writer (and fellow Irish expat) Samuel Beckett he is banned from the Joyce family home.

1934. Her life in tatters, Lucia is sent to pioneering psychoanalyst Carl Jung. For years she has kept quiet. Now she decides to speak.

Profoundly moving and stunningly written, The Joyce Girl brings to light the untold tale of Lucia Joyce. It will entrance and educate you. You will fall in love with this compelling woman, but she will break your heart too.

“A hugely impressive debut. Annabel Abbs has brought to life an extraordinary cast of characters - Joyce, Beckett et al. - and painted their rackety, bohemian world in vivid technicolour - The ObserverThis intimate and absolutely splendid novel must top my recommendations as the best 20th-century fiction of the year - Historical Novel SocietyAvant-garde Paris in the 1920s bursts onto the page in this gripping fictionalisation of an extraordinary life - Who WeeklyFunny, clever, tragic, poignant - Australian Women's WeeklyAn absorbing read about the perils of genius. You'll like this book if you enjoy thoughtful historical fiction that transports you to another time and place - NZ Women's WeeklyHere is Lucia Joyce, vibrant, passionate and alive, telling her own story . . . Annabel Abbs has crafted a moving tale of thwarted ambition and personal tragedy - Mary Talbot, Costa Biography Award winnerAnnabel Abbs has found a gripping and little-known story at the heart of one of the twentieth century's most astonishing creative moments, researched it deeply and brought the extraordinary Joyce family and their circle in 1920s Paris to richly imagined life. - Emma Darwin, SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE MATHEMATICS OF LOVE”

A hugely impressive debut. Annabel Abbs has brought to life an extraordinary cast of characters - Joyce, Beckett et al. - and painted their rackety, bohemian world in vivid technicolour - The Observer

This intimate and absolutely splendid novel must top my recommendations as the best 20th-century fiction of the year - Historical Novel Society

Avant-garde Paris in the 1920s bursts onto the page in this gripping fictionalisation of an extraordinary life - Who Weekly

Funny, clever, tragic, poignant - Australian Women's Weekly

An absorbing read about the perils of genius. You'll like this book if you enjoy thoughtful historical fiction that transports you to another time and place - NZ Women's Weekly

Here is Lucia Joyce, vibrant, passionate and alive, telling her own story . . . Annabel Abbs has crafted a moving tale of thwarted ambition and personal tragedy - Mary Talbot, Costa Biography Award winner

Annabel Abbs has found a gripping and little-known story at the heart of one of the twentieth century's most astonishing creative moments, researched it deeply and brought the extraordinary Joyce family and their circle in 1920s Paris to richly imagined life. - Emma Darwin, SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE MATHEMATICS OF LOVE

Annabel Abbs lives in London with her husband and four children. Her bestselling debut novel, The Joyce Girl, won the Impress Prize for New Writers and was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award, the Waverton Good Read Award and the Caledonia Novel Award.

Paris, 1928 . Avant-garde Paris is buzzing with the latest ideas in art, music and literature from artists such as Ford Madox Ford and Zelda Fitzgerald. Lucia, the talented and ambitious daughter of controversial genius James Joyce, is making her name as a dancer. But when Lucia falls passionately in love with budding writer (and fellow Irish expat) Samuel Beckett he is banned from the Joyce family home. 1934 . Her life in tatters, Lucia is sent to pioneering psychoanalyst Carl Jung. For years she has kept quiet. Now she decides to speak.Profoundly moving and stunningly written, The Joyce Girl brings to light the untold tale of Lucia Joyce. It will entrance and educate you. You will fall in love with this compelling woman, but she will break your heart too.

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