Elaine Feeney is a writer from the west of Ireland. Her 2020 debut novel, As You Were, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year Award, and won the Kate O'Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize, and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. Feeney has published three collections of poetry including The Radio Was Gospel and Rise, and her short story Sojourn was included in The Art of The Glimpse- 100 Irish Short Stories, edited by Sinead Gleeson. Feeney lectures at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
One of those rare books that leaves you feeling less lonely. An
uplifting tale of community, healing and the small
connections that can change a life. A gorgeous gift of a novel,
hopeful and full of humanity. -- Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize
winning author of SHUGGIE BAIN
A heart-stopping read and a stunning, resonant
exploration of a community, a motherless boy and living an
authentic life. -- Sinead Gleeson
What a gorgeous book. Unsentimental but generous,
sharp as a teacher's side-eye and bursting with soul. --
Lisa McInerney
How to Build a Boat is a gentle tsunami of a novel, so
beautifully and tenderly crafted you don't even notice
you're being swept along. It gets right to the heart of what it
means to be broken and searching for community. I can't wait for
readers to fall in love with Jamie's refreshingly sideways take on
life. -- Jan Carson
A story of absence, love, loss, courage and resilience lit up from
within, Elaine Feeney's How To Build A Boat is an
emotionally resonant tour-de-force very much in keeping with
the unforgettable spirit of her debut As You Were. -- Alan
McMonagle
Utterly absorbing... so intelligent and human...
sharp and subtle with beautiful poetic language. Feeney is one of
those rare authors who can perform linguistic acrobatics while her
characters tenderly break your heart. -- Edel Coffey
A hopeful, uplifting story of people reclaiming power over
their own lives, celebrating creativity and diversity in the face
of those who would punish difference. A poignant and
exhilarating story exquisitely told in Feeney's stunning
prose. -- Danielle McLaughlin
I really loved How to Build a Boat. It's a beautiful,
moving, uplifting book about the ways people differ and the
ways they connect. It will make you feel better. -- Patrick
Freyne
Sensitive and insightful about those who help us to
rediscover our sense of wonder. Full of beautiful human
complexity. -- Ronan Hession, author of PANENKA
The portrayal of Jamie's struggle is extraordinarily
poignant, and the book sails to a tender and almost
heart-breaking crescendo of hope forged through honesty and
imagination * Daily Mail *
A heart-rending and delightful voyage... Elaine Feeney has a
poet's way with words and uncanny understanding of human frailty --
Louise Kennedy, author of TRESPASSES * Observer, *Summer Reads of
2023* *
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