Hungry

A Biography of My Body

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

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Paperback | 28 April 2026 | Edition Number 1

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'Amazing. I couldn't put it down.'
ELAINE FEENEY, author of As You Were

'Every woman needs to read this book. Every man needs to read this book.'

EDEL COFFEY, author of In Her Place

'I doubt there's a woman alive who won't immediately see herself in these pages. I tore through it.'
TANYA SWEENEY, journalist and author of Esther is Now Following You

Hungry is the powerful new memoir from Number One bestselling author Katriona O'Sullivan - a raw, courageous exploration of survival, identity and the lifelong search for self-acceptance.

Raised in a home marked by poverty, addiction and abuse, Katriona defied the odds: from teenage motherhood struggling with her own addictions to becoming a university professor and successful author. But beneath the achievements lay a more private struggle - with her body, her worth, and the unrelenting drive to be enough.

In this fiercely honest memoir, she interrogates how trauma, class and gender shape the way women see themselves - and how society teaches them to measure their value.

Told with stunning courage and vulnerability, Hungry is both a personal reckoning and a powerful reclaiming of body, voice and self. It is one woman's story - and a rallying cry for every woman who has ever felt she had to shrink to survive.

PRAISE FOR POOR:

'One of the best [books] I have read about the complexities of poverty . . . one of the most remarkable people you will ever meet' - Guardian

'Powerful - Katriona is a legend' - Barry Keoghan

'Raw, passionate and resolutely honest - I'll never forget it' - Annie Mac

'I read Poor in one sitting I found it so compelling . . . moving, uplifting, brave, heroic' - Nuala McGovern, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio Four

Industry Reviews

Soaring with compassion, intelligence and hard-won wisdom, this standout book confirms that O'Sullivan is arguably Ireland's most important contemporary voice. - LOUISE KENNEDY, author of Trespasses

Utterly compelling, deeply moving and brilliantly written. Every woman needs to read this book. Every man needs to read this book. - EDEL COFFEY, author of In Her Place

A vivid, empathetic storyteller who writes so beautifully. I doubt there's a woman alive who won't immediately see herself in these pages. - TANYA SWEENEY, journalist and author of Esther is Now Following You

Hungry is more than a book: it's a song, a map, a journey. Amazing. I couldn't put it down. - ELAINE FEENEY, author of As You Were

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