Blue Road The Edna O'Brien Story (12A) | Friday 6th March

About Blue Road The Edna O'Brien Story (12A) | Friday 6th March

In 1960, a young Irish woman named Edna O’Brien wrote a sexually frank debut novel, The Country Girls. She became a literary sensation, writing for The New Yorker, delivering provocative interviews, and authoring screenplays. Her success enraged her writer husband and made her a pariah in her native Ireland, where her books were banned and burned. She would make her home in London, where she conducted numerous affairs, hosted star-studded parties, and made and lost a fortune. This film provides a final testimony from her, aged 93, as she reflects upon her extraordinary life.