WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - **EX LIBRARY BOOK. - HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKET-LIBRARY CARD AND STAMP ON INSIDE OF BOOK..Josephine Edna O'Brien DBE (born 15 December 1930) is an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Philip Roth described her as "the most gifted woman now writing in English", while a former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, cited her as "one of the great creative writers of her generation".. O'Brien's works often revolve around the inner feelings of women,