Tech Amergin Arts is delighted to welcome writer Rosita Sweetman, who will do readings from her new memoir 'Girl with a Fork, in a World of Soup', in conversation.

Rosita Sweetman has been a campaigner for women's rights since the 1970s.. 

Rosita worked as a research assistant in RTE, then a journalist in Irish Press, Irish Times, Sunday Independent etc.  She was one of 12 founding members of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement - which only lasted a year but make BIG impact, and forced lots of changes (1971)

Rosita published three books - ON OUR KNEES (a look at 1970's Ireland), FATHERS COME FIRST (a coming-of-age novel), ON OUR BACKS, (a look at sexual attitudes in Ireland )

 Girl With A Fork In A World Of Soup is a disarmingly candid portrayal of Rosita Sweetman’s turbulent upbringing and a marriage marked by abuse and frequent infidelity. A woman who refuses to succumb to the least self-pity, Rosita tells her story with a dispassionate, piercing humour that readers will find irresistible.

Set against the backdrop of mid-20th-century Ireland, Sweetman’s narrative weaves through the idyllic yet troubled early years, the heart-wrenching loss of her sister Cathy and its devastating effect on her parents’ relationship, and the harrowing experiences of boarding school. Delving into the darkest corners of her troubled marriage and her husband’s affairs, she tells how she finally managed to break free and begin on her own journey to self-discovery.

You will not be bored!