The Gingerbread Woman

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 213. Brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine; caramel endpapers. Jacket image by David Grogan.

Signed by Author to title page.

Johnston's twelfth novel. A chance encounter by Dublin Bay between two damaged souls leads to an enduring friendship. Shortlisted for the 1977 Booker Prize for Shadows on our Skin, Johnston went on to win the Whitbread Book Award with The Old Jest (1979) and was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Irish Book Awards. "Written in Johnston's usual haunting prose, where no word is unnecessary." –Maeve Binchy, Sunday Times